Russia is in a game of chess with the rest of the world. Now that Russia is recognising cryptocurrencies as legitimate money essentially if the rest of the world bans it, and you where forced to take your money out as Russian rouble, (to then trade back to your countries Fiat money), Russia will end up owning the global economy, well played sir.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-ministry-of-finance-to-legalize-cryptocurrency-trading-on-approved-exchanges