Well this news is quiet old now, and yes, these people encourage a lot of others to invest in bitcoin, i have myself seen many people investing in btc just because they found some big names investing in btc.

I see no point in asking the nationality of posters here. Most of the Russians will support Russia and most of the Americans will support the US. But that has nothing to do with this thread. Everyone is free to post their opinions. I am from South Asia and I support Nemo1024's position here. Because, I believe that removing a democratically elected government and replacing it with some neo-Nazis does not augur well for the future of global democracy.

This is the correct way to look at it. General public always takes inspiration from established players to invest their hard-earned money. If some bear hears about popular investors investing in Bitcoin, he would be less reluctant to invest his own assets.

Ukraine continues to harass and prosecute journalists, trying to stem the flow of information.

Journalists of TV channel Russia 24 got threatened by the Ukrainian authorities to leave the country until the 19th of May (today) or else they'll be prosecuted:
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2014/05/19/n_6162213.shtml
Men in uniform already appeared in the apartment of one of the journalists, hinting that they got some documents about her commiting some severe crime and thet she'd better make herself scares.

Seems they are trying to get any non-conforming journalists from the country before the NATO-staged elections circus on the 25th.

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Turchinov said that Ukraine prepares a claim against Russia for 100 billion dollars (did they already pay for the gas, to make any claims?)
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/1682243.html

While the minister of economic development of Russia Uljukaev stated today that Russia invested over the years in Ukrainian economy (including the rebated gas prices) 200 billion dollars.
http://rbcdaily.ru/economy/562949991495932

he's probably just investing a small amount, trying to diversify his assets.. it doesn't necessarily mean that he will use his weight to protect bitcoin's development, but maybe it is.

Quote from: szymon10511 on May 13, 2014, 02:14:28 PM
Nie wiem po co otwierać taki punk dla cyfrowej waluty która ma
Quote from: Maciek on May 09, 2014, 09:06:18 PM
- globalny zasięg
Więc po co skupiać w jakimś punkcie, który ma ograniczony zasięg, lepsze by było jakieś forum czy strona gdzie można rozmawiać przez chat tekstowy albo wideo, taką stronę mógł by odwiedzić każdy kto korzysta z btc, bo do btc musi mieć internet.
W Stanach jest wiele takich punktów. Bardzo dobrze, że się za to zabrali, w życiu trzeba robić to co się lubi, a jak się lubi BTC, to czemu nie propagować tego. To zdecydownaie dobry sposób na dotarcie do starszego społeczeństwa, które wciąż postrzega wirtualne dobra jako ulotne, nie wiedząc, że ich pieniądze w każdej instytucji finansowej są tak samo wirtualne. Najlepiej to pokazał Amber Gold.