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		mappu on Feb 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia Bans Bitcoin How do other foreign currencies compare to bitcoin with respect to this paragraph? Surely that doesn't mean it's correspondingly illegal to trade RUB for USD within russia, but i'm not sure what the salient difference is

VladRussian2 on Feb 8, 2014 [–]

>Surely that doesn't mean it's correspondingly illegal to trade RUB for USD within russia, but i'm not sure what the salient difference is

If i remember correctly the other party must be a bank.

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