Re: Confirmed Bad News Sources Thread - No FUD, Just Facts!!!1
As I promised, I've translated the most interesting parts of that Russian document.
... every blockchain transaction has to get Putin's [ECDSA] signature approval to go through in Russia. Bad day for bitcoin.That's what I thought the first time I read it, but my Russian is only so-so. Upon a re-read, I noticed that what you mentioned was just one of the proposals. The Kremlin decided upon the tribute system to 1PutinCqxzqzMNSCLKRAC1S5H6tYrAdzsm, as it was a more "decentralized" solution that they thought better adhered to the spirit of bitcoin.
Still pretty bad news I think.
Putin is clearly co-opting bitcoin in Russia 
Also the address already has 1 mBTC sent to it which definitely makes it legitimate, this was the first ever russian bitcoin transaction since the real news from sources were announced.Yes, and last I checked that transaction already had 11 confirmations. At this rate, I bet this entire thread will be highly confirmed by tomorrow.
I confirm this, that makes it at least 12