It kind of makes sense for Russia to move into crypto in a big way. Aside from being part of a strategy of de-dollarisation, if there is one thing Russia has it's insane amounts of spare energy.
Europe prefers to buy American oil and gas at twice the price of the Russian stuff (plus they have no choice after Nordstream mysteriously blew up the day after the new US LNG pipeline opened), so Russia may make as much profit burning it into Bitcoin as selling it to India and China at discounted rates. But more importantly, with dozens of major rivers they have almost limitless potential for generating hydroelectric power. Siberia could be like a Bitcoin printing press, creating a significant economic advantage.