Nothing to say about what the fuck in the putin's mind. Because putin already banned the crypto currency and this time the rusia try to issue its currency and that seems to be another bullish in the future. I curious how it works.
It is not a "big news". The Russian central bank has been talking about a national cryptocurrency for a very long time this year, mainly because they are not very keen on Bitcoin ruling Russia.
By the way, Putin did not ban crypto. Read the latest news and especially from his media query last week. He said specifically that there is a need to regulate and control, absolutely not ban. Putin is not an idiot. Far, far, from being an idiot.