The regional police, according to the Cheka-OGPU’s own sources, have made a powerful leap into the field of IT technologies and are aggressively carrying out operational measures against the holders of personal mining empires, analyzing their internecine wars episode by episode, conducting searches and interrogations.
Also in active development, it seems, are Roman Skripalshchikov and Konstantin Skobnikov, named in the “Russian Crime” investigation about mining in the region, entrepreneurs who quarreled over the division of mined bitcoins and brought their civil relations to the level of gang warfare.
One gets the impression that the consolidation of efforts by the region’s law enforcement agencies is aimed at preventing a repetition of the scenario in the Irkutsk region, where mining has already become a real threat to the region’s energy networks. Even Irkutsk Governor Kobzev admits that because of miners, electricity consumption has increased tenfold over the past two years.
To be fair, it is worth mentioning that the Irkutsk electricity tariff is much more conducive to crypto fever among the population – 1.23 rubles per kWh versus Krasnoyarsk 2.83 rubles per kWh. Somewhere in the middle between these two regions is Khakassia, where they charge 2.83 rubles per kWh.
The position of the Ministry of Energy on mining remains unchanged and is that crypto mining does not relate to household needs and cannot be paid at preferential rates.
The mining industry will probably be regulated legislatively in Russia in 2022.
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