First let us see where the news is coming from if we are taking this news really seriously. Next thing is that the big countries like japan has already plan to make bitcoin legalize in their country as they knew how can they make their country economic growth grow step by step.And it might be that Russian are planning to ban the bitcoin so that they can make necessary rules and regulations for using the bitcoin in their country in safe and easy way. The ban might be temporary, they can't ban the blockchain technology, instead they might be planning to start their own new coin for trading,import and export business,and also it will strengthen their economy. In future, only the time will tell you which country is planning for making it legal and which one is trying to  ban it,let's see it.