Russia: Bitcoin sites blockade deemed illegal

The Bitcoin sites blocked by the Russian authority Roskomnadzor in January are back online in the country. The regional court of Sverdlovsk Oblast, located in Nevyansk, has deemed the blockade of sites containing cryptocurrency-related information illegal.

The initial decision to cut all access to the websites was implemented in the beginning of this year by the same court, following Roskomnadzor’s decision to block the platforms.

At the time, Russia’s media watchdog said it intended to stop the spread of cryptocurrency in the countrybecause of its “contribution to the growth of the shadow economy.”

The sites affected by the rulling were Bitcoin.org, Bitcoin.it, BTCsec.com, Indacoin and Coinspot.ru. According to the team at Coinspot.ru, the company didn’t receive a notice explaining the court’s decision to block the sites as of 13th January.

Russian news site Floklog.net reports that the case’s second and last session at the Sverdlovsk Oblast court, held on May 15th, had a successful outcome. The panel of judges assembled to investigate Roskomnadzor’s decision discharged the court’s order an deemed the blockade illicit. A full report explaining the decision will be available next week.

This means that the five sites blocked will soon become available to Russian users again.

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