- Proving ownership and establishing value is tough, say Russian lawyers.
- Courts have already rejected cases due to lack of evidence.
- Lawmaker proposed a solution in October; central bank yet to comment.
Crypto holdings are becoming a huge sticking point in divorce courts, say Russian lawyers.
Bitcoin and altcoin holdings, along with stock options, are the “most difficult assets to divide during divorce proceedings,” Anastasia Madi, a family law attorney at the legal firm Kislov Law, told Russian media outlet RBC Pro.
And the number of crypto-related divorce disputes will increase as the popularity of crypto continues to grow in Russia, legal experts told Russian newspaper Izvestia.
As courts can only denominate the monetary worth of…
