http://themoscowtimes.i2p/2017/06/12/russia-is-becoming-a-cryptocurrency-haven-a58175
The founder of Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency in the world after bitcoin, is Russian-born Vitalik Buterin, 23. The world’s largest bitcoin manufacturer, or “miner,” Bitfury, was created by Valery Vavilov, 37, who was born in then-Soviet Latvia.