I am saying that conversion back to RUB (actually something you can use to pay for gas/food/rent) is still going to be problematic. Meaning that you're supposed to pay tax and if amount of money is somewhat significant, you might get your bank account auto-blocked.
LocalBitcoins is blocked, but there are still analogues (not with greatest rate, but anyway).
Russia <-> Crypto relationship is complicated and recently Central Bank proposed additional restrictions, but its not approved yet.
> I am saying that conversion back to RUB (actually something you can use to pay for gas/food/rent) is still going to be problematic.
I suspect - but absent evidence this is speculation - that you can probably pay with gold and 'hard' currency easily right now in Russia, this was the case before the iron curtain fell (illegal, of course) and I don't see why it would be any different today. People hate being paid in a currency that loses double digit percentages of value overnight.
Well, a google search for "localbitcoin arrests" has about 317,000 results.
Also, if you want to arrange buying bitcoin (with rubles) in person with a stranger on the internet, and arrange physical meetup in some secluded spot in Moscow, then getting arrested might not be your only worry.
With a vast graph containing every wallet and exchange you ever traded with. The onramps to crypto are becoming more and more monitored by law enforcement agencies to the point that remaining pseudonymous is beyond all but the most paranoid.
It doesn't matter how you exchange ownership. You still need to obey the law.
Have you tried taking more than 10k € across an airport?
And just because you normally can't move money to north Korea, if you do this with P2P you are equally breaking the law. Same for Iran and Venezuela I believe
LocalBitcoins is blocked, but there are still analogues (not with greatest rate, but anyway).
Russia <-> Crypto relationship is complicated and recently Central Bank proposed additional restrictions, but its not approved yet.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russian-cbank-propo...