State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy in conversation with “Tape.ru” threatened to plant illegal miners cryptocurrency provided that they will connect to power grids without permission.
“If the mining will be a legal activity before connecting, they will request the appropriate electric-line and power grid restrictions. If it is denied, they will still be connected, then they will violate both the administrative and criminal code. [… ] Illegal miners will have to plant, “said meadow.
According to him, the regulation of mining cryptocurrency is necessary and consistent with common sense. Additional to the introduction of special tariffs for electricity, the deputy considers the spread of income tax on mining. “They produced Bitcoin – then look at what course, they consider how much the electricity was spent, what other costs suffered (for salaries and other payments). I detected everything – the profit was made,” says meadow.
At the end of October, Governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev complained to the Vice-Prime Minister Alexander Novaku on the actions of underground miners leading to a sharp increase in energy consumption in some parts of the industry. This in turn causes interruptions with power supply. As a result, at the beginning of December, the regional resource-capacity company Irkutskenergosbyt through the court has achieved the right to increase tariffs for mining farms equipped in private houses.