OREANDA-NEWS Mining of cryptocurrencies will be banned from August 15 until the end of 2032 in Moscow, the Moscow region and several districts of the Kursk region, the corresponding government decree is posted on the website of the official publication of legal acts.

"The Government of the Russian Federation decides to make the following changes to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 23, 2024 No. 1869 "On the establishment of a ban on the mining of digital currency (including participation in the mining pool) in certain subjects of the Russian Federation and in certain territories of the subjects of the Russian Federation," the document says.

It follows from the text of the amendments that from August 15, 2026 to December 31, 2032, cryptocurrency mining will be banned in Moscow and the Moscow Region. The ban will also apply to the municipal districts of Belovsky, Bolshesoldatsky, Glushkovsky, Korenevsky, Lgovsky, Rylsky, Sudzhansky and Khomutovsky and the city of Lgov in the Kursk region.