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Russian Lawmaker: Bitcoin is a CIA Conspiracy
Friday, March 6, 2015 20:12
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The comments, made by MP Andrei Svintsov, came during remarks addressing the ongoing debate in Russia over whether bitcoin and digital currencies should be banned as part of a broader effort to stop capital flight.
Nonetheless, Svintsov’s remarks count as some of the more extreme to emanate from the discussion. Svintsov told Russian broadcast news agency REGNUM:
“All these cryptocurrencies [were] created by US intelligence agencies just to finance terrorism and revolutions.”
Svintsov reportedly went on to explain how cryptocurrencies have started to become a payment method for consumer spending, and cited reports that terrorist organisations are seeking to use the technology for illicit means.
While pointed, the statements do not seem to represent the views on bitcoin from within the federal legislature. For example, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets has stated as recently as August that she opposes criminal penalties for bitcoin use.
Svintsov has also been associated with such movements as one that would find tobacco and alcohol products removed from the windows of retail outlets.
http://www.coindesk.com/russian-politician-us-bitcoin-finance-terrorism/
Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2015/03/russian-lawmaker-bitcoin-is-cia.html
Bitcoin is a honey pot, meant subvert physical currency, the government desperately wants to move to digital currency.. ITS JUST MUCH EASIER TO STEAL DIGITAL CURRENCY THAN PHYSICAL CASH! https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bitcoin+theft
Billions in bitcoin have been stolen and the largest thefts go unpunished because IMO it’s the governments that are stealing it and in one case, they outright stole a bitcoin account and advertised it!
Don’t fall for their trap! DO NOT USE BITCOIN or ANY digital money!