More than 190 thousand miners in Russia are working illegally, while only about 5.5 thousand are officially registered. This was announced by the head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Anatoly Aksakov.
According to him, among the legal participants, about 4 thousand are individuals, and about 1.5 thousand are legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. All the rest, which is more than 190 thousand people, are engaged in mining outside the legal field and work throughout the country.
Illegal mining overloads energy capacities, which causes power outages — both in residential buildings and in enterprises, the parliamentarian warned.
At the same time, mining is already prohibited in a number of regions of Russia. The authorities of the constituent entities can also independently introduce such restrictions.
At the same time, the possibility of legalizing mining is being considered in regions with a surplus of electricity. Now part of the energy there is not actually used, and it can be directed to the operation of equipment.
In this case, if mining equipment is used in these regions, this energy will produce a product, including a product in the form of money coming into the budget, because legally operating miners will pay taxes to the budget, [and this. — ed. note.] tens of billions of rubles, which can be used for good purposes.
Against the background of these data, the State Duma has already adopted in the first reading a bill on fines for violations in the field of mining. The document provides, in particular, for fines of up to 2 million rubles for working in regions where such activities are prohibited.
Aksakov stressed that the overload of energy systems due to mining can affect both enterprises and ordinary citizens: this can lead to power outages and problems in the operation of businesses. The State Duma hopes that significant fines will be able to stop illegal activities and reduce the burden on the energy system.
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