Russia plans to tackle US sanctions with Bitcoin investment, says Kremlin economist

From telegraph.co.uk

Russia is preparing an investment in Bitcoin to replace the US dollar as a reserve currency in a bid to tackle US sanctions, according to a Russian economist with close ties to the Kremlin. Vladislav Ginko, an economist at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, a state-funded institution, said the government is taking steps to minimise the impact of US sanctions that have hit the Russian rouble by replacing some of its US dollar reserves with the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. US sanctions on Russia over the past year have come after the poisoning of former Russian ... (full story)