January 19, 2026, a bill No. 1124554-8 was submitted to the State Duma to amend the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses. The document proposes to establish administrative liability for violations of the rules of cryptocurrency mining and the operation of mining infrastructure.
The initiators of the bill were deputies Nikolai Shulginov, Vasily Piskarev, Anatoly Aksakov, and Sergey Pakhomov. Currently, the document is under consideration. Here are the fines awaiting miners in the Russian Federation in case of its adoption.
For what they propose to impose fines
The essence of the initiative is that the requirements and prohibitions in the field of mining are already in effect, but there has been no separate administrative liability for their violation until now. The bill proposes to establish such sanctions directly in the Administrative Offenses Code.
It is proposed to add a new article 15.50 to the Code. It lists specific actions that will be considered violations.
Fines are proposed to be imposed if:
mining of digital currency or participation in mining pools is carried out in regions where the government has established a ban;
mining is conducted with exceeding the energy consumption limit without inclusion in the register of persons authorized to engage in this activity; the energy consumption limit is set by the Government of the Russian Federation;
information about the received digital currency is not submitted to the tax authorities, as well as the identifier address, including the mining pool address;
mining is carried out by persons who are not entitled to engage in such activities by law;
the operator of the mining infrastructure operates without legal right to do so;
the operator provides capacities for mining to individual entrepreneurs and legal entities not included in the register of miners or excluded from it;
the procedure for updating information in the registers is violated or inaccurate data is provided.
For some of these violations, the article separately provides for increased liability in case of repeated commission.
An official review from the government dated December 24, 2025, is attached to the bill. It supports the initiative on the condition of refining certain provisions.
The review mentions comments regarding the confiscation of equipment, the composition of sanctions, and procedural issues. The explanatory note states that these comments were taken into account when preparing the current version of the document.
What fines are proposed
The strictest sanctions apply to mining in regions where it is prohibited.
The following measures are proposed for the first violation:
for individuals — a fine from 100,000 to 150,000 rubles with confiscation of equipment;
for officials — a fine from 300,000 to 800,000 rubles or disqualification for a period of one year to two years;
for individual entrepreneurs — a fine from 300,000 to 800,000 rubles with confiscation of equipment or administrative suspension of activities for up to 90 days;
for legal entities — a fine from 1 million to 2 million rubles with confiscation of equipment or administrative suspension of activities for up to 90 days.
In case of repeated violations, the amounts of fines increase significantly. For legal entities, they may reach 10 million rubles, for individuals — up to 1.5 million rubles. In all these cases, confiscation of equipment is provided.
Separate responsibility is established for non-submission of information to the tax authorities:
for individuals — a fine from 100,000 to 200,000 rubles;
for individual entrepreneurs — from 300,000 to 400,000 rubles;
for legal entities — from 400,000 to 500,000 rubles;
for officials, disqualification may additionally be applied.
For violations related to the absence of a right to mine or illegal activities of mining infrastructure operators, fines are usually in the range of 200,000 to 500,000 rubles. In some cases, confiscation of equipment and temporary suspension of activities may occur. Repeated violations of these offenses are punished more severely.
Why it was decided to introduce responsibility
The explanatory note to the bill states that illegal mining creates an additional burden on the energy system. In the unified energy systems of the South, East, and Siberia, peaks in power consumption have been recorded in recent years, which are linked, among other things, to the operation of mining farms and data centers.
Among the consequences of illegal mining are mentioned:
overloads of electrical networks and forced disconnections of consumers;
increased fire risks due to round-the-clock loads and overheating of equipment;
losses in budgets, especially in regions with low electricity tariffs;
growth of cross-subsidization;
a power deficit, which complicates the connection of industrial and social facilities.
It is separately noted that the prohibitions and requirements for mining were introduced relatively recently, and there has been no direct administrative liability for their violation before.
What rules are already in effect
The materials of the bill remind that starting from November 1, 2024, mining on a permanent basis can only be done by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs included in a special register maintained by the Federal Tax Service.
Individuals are entitled to engage in mining without inclusion in the register provided their electricity consumption does not exceed 6000 kWh per month.
Starting from January 1, 2025, territorial bans on mining, including individual and pool mining, have been introduced in several regions of Russia, including new subjects, certain republics of the North Caucasus, and some areas of the Irkutsk region, Buryatia, and Zabaykalsky Krai.
Let us remind you that earlier the BeInCrypto editorial office reported that law enforcement agencies in the Russian Federation are accused of pressuring 'white' miners.
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