Since the beginning of the 2018 mining in Russia has increased by 15%. Today about 75,000 organizations and 350,000 people in the country with a population of 144 million are somehow involved in the mining process. Russia also has the lowest cost for electricity with prices as low as 0.03 USD per 1 Kilowatt. With a massive electricity spike in the world many politicians are are starting a push for higher electricity rates for miners, stating that miners do not bring anything good to the world.
