yes it could be even mined bitcoin activity and digital currency in Russia has become a new trend. Mining miners are struggling to compete with major operations involving supercomputers, especially supercomputers from nuclear facilities. If this happens, it is likely that Russia will adopt Bitcoin.
between big countries are experiencing a shift in competition in the payment system, especially currencies, the government is likely to want to start adopting blockchain technology that allows them to be free from the influence of the dollar, the world currency today, if they succeed in crypto then the state of world trade will be more stable because Americans cannot embargo world trade, the Russian government must have been aware of this.