Russian-based sports gym chain NanoFitness has announced it will begin accepting Bitcoin as payment for membership and related services.
This actually happened a few days ago and they announced it on their VK page : https://vk.com/wall-117861517_674 and you can also read an article about it from Bitcoinist : http://bitcoinist.com/russia-gym-accepting-bitcoin/
This actually happened a few days ago and they announced it on their VK page : https://vk.com/wall-117861517_674 and you can also read an article about it from Bitcoinist : http://bitcoinist.com/russia-gym-accepting-bitcoin/
I've seen all kinds of news regarding the policy of bitcoin in russia. They threatened with banning bitcoin endless times, they even threatened with putting people involved in cryptocurrences in jail for 4 years... then they backpeddle and realize it's stupid and do nothing. It's pretty interesting to see how governments are struggling to deal with bitcoin in a way that doesn't make them look stupid.