Pavel Zavalny, who serves as Chairman of the Russian Energy Committee, has stated that his country will consider taking Bitcoin as payment for energy exports.
Zavalnyâs untranslated comments can be seen here:
NEW – Russia to accept #Bitcoin as payment for energy exports, says Pavel Zavalny, Chairman of the Energy Committee.pic.twitter.com/wUEOzX8Kfz
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âIf they want to buy, let them pay either in hard currency, and this is gold for us, or pay as it is convenient for us,â said Zavalny, a Duma deputy, according to an English translation of his words.
âThe set of currencies can be different, and this is normal practice, [so] you can also trade bitcoins,â he added…