Ministry of Finance is cracking down on cryptocurrencies in general, and this new proposal could just be the beginning of things to come
http://bitcoinist.net/russia-proposes-jail-sentence-bitcoin-activities/
They can try, but there are over 250 other countries that like bitcoin actually http://bitcoinist.net/russia-proposes-jail-sentence-bitcoin-activities/
Bitcoin is global, without borderds thats its strenght