Russia under Putin has always looked at ways to strengthen itself - in 2004 Putin kicked out the world from stealing its natural resources up until then Russia only received 20% (if it was ever released) of all natural resources taken - after 2004 they kept 100% - Putin has been buying tons of gold the past few years and has backed its currency with it - it only makes sense that he is looking at crypto currencies to by pass the sanctions placed on him by the globalists