Prohibit the use of virtual currency

We all heard about the new law in the context of Bitcoin. Here, in the current formulation, this may concern many other areas. For example, in-app purchases in mobile applications.







Open the document and see:

“Article 15.16 Issue (issue) of money substitutes.

1. Release (issue) of money substitutes, -

entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens

in the amount of from twenty thousand to forty thousand rubles; on officials - from forty thousand to eighty thousand rubles; on legal entities - from three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles.

2. Creation, as well as distribution of software for the purpose of issuing (issuing) monetary surrogates, -

entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens

in the amount of from thirty thousand to fifty thousand rubles; on officials - from sixty thousand to one hundred thousand rubles; on legal entities - from five hundred thousand to one million rubles.

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Appears in the document the concept of "money substitutes", which is applicable not only to cryptocurrency. This also applies to any other currencies officially unregistered by the Central Bank of Russia. Among them is the in-game currency used in many games on Google Play and the App Store.



Money substitutes:

Banknotes that are not required by law; are introduced by individual enterprises or other organizations, and also. citizens without permission. The reason for their appearance is mainly the lack of official banknotes. For example, in 1993-1994. in the Russian Federation, the introduction of surrogates by some enterprises was noted due to their insolvency, on the one hand, and the need to pay their employees for wages - on the other.

If you notice, then, judging by the document, a legal entity can be fined up to 1 million.



ps I'm not strong in legal things, therefore I would like to hear the opinion of knowledgeable people, is it possible to apply such a law in the context of virtual currency? Is there any chance that those who are not at all concerned with this law will suffer from this law?