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Moscow. April 17, 2015 . Russia's Finance Ministry has prepared a bill introducing responsibility for the organization of financial pyramids and the spread of virtual currencies, especially Bitcoin. It is reported by RBC with reference to the statement of the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov at the Congress of the Association of Russian banks.
"We will continue to protect the rights of consumers of financial services. We are preparing measures of responsibility for the proliferation of money substitutes, including bitcoins, for the organization of financial pyramids. Relevant draft laws have been prepared and will be submitted to the state Duma", - he said.
At the end of last year the Ministry of Finance proposed to ban Bitcoin, but the bill office has criticized the Ministry of economic development. According to authorities, the definition of money substitutes in the proposed bill was too General, so the ban could also get the marketing programs of many companies, Telecom operators, major retailers and banks.