[Russia to Ban Bitcoin Mining Activities in Regions with Power Shortages] According to Foresight News, citing Russia's *Kommersant* newspaper, a government committee will hold a meeting in the coming days to prepare a ban on all cryptocurrency mining activities in the southern part of the Republic of Buryatia and the entire Trans-Baikal Territory. Although Moscow had insisted earlier this year that no new mining bans would be introduced, this new ban has still been implemented. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Buryatia stated that the power shortage in Irkutsk, the Trans-Baikal Territory, and the Republic of Buryatia itself is "approaching 3,000 megawatts.