Because everyone is complaining about OP's article, here is another one... https://cointelegraph.com/news/russias-central-bank-seeks-to-ban-crypto-issuance-and-circulation

I'm not even 1% surprised about it and I wouldn't be surprised at all if other countries followed. We all know what govs think about us using Bitcoin However, apparently you cannot trade or make transactions but you are legally allowed to hold your cryptocurrencies without using them.