Cryptocurrency Foundation Russia Chairman, Igor Chepkasov, has told CoinTelegraph of an official on-line request now being circulated against the closings. On September 30, 2014, the little-understand municipal court ruled the websites include information whose dissemination is prohibited within the Russian Federation. Here it is possible to see the real court file (in Russian) on the official opinion.

The sites, which spurred the litigation procedure, were never notified. “There was nothing strongly resembling any defense,” said Btcsec Creator, Ivan Tikhonov. “The prosecutor as well as the judges basically made the choice among themselves.” No notices were issued before the close of the sites following the opinion together with any cautions, although law requires this. And eventually, another fact worth saying is that the prohibition was put into effect following the court’s conclusion, the reasoning for which was also never clarified.

In particular, this law says the issuance of “cash surrogates” is prohibited. Nevertheless, Russian legislation does not have any law saying that virtual monies and Bitcoin specifically, are cash surrogates as well as the term “cash surrogate” itself isn’t defined nor are any fees for using them. Based on Tikhonov, Btcec is now preparing the necessary documentation to file an official charge. Tikhonov says:

Russian users constitute 60% of our audience and therefore, in addition to for other motives, we are shifting our domain name and IP address in order that the info could be accessed by users in Russia and can’t wait for a court judgement. We’ll additionally participate in CoinFest Russia, we’ll coordinate other occasions and offline meetups, which Tikhonov cannot name right now as we’re still working out the details.

But we’re undoubtedly not closing and certainly will fight for our rights.” We had an opportunity to discuss further with the Bitcoin scenario in Russia as a whole as well as the Btcsec Creator about the court’s conclusion.