If you listened to max when he first told you to buy crypto, you would be shitting Fiat right now.

I think Keiser really appreciates (still) the elegance of crypto technology and how it could theoretically change world economics for the better. He blatantly does do some pumping and dumping IMO however (well it's already made him rich, right?) And he can get very dramatic (that's one of the reasons I enjoy watching his shows though tbh hehe).

But I'm not just talking about Max Keiser - most of the Bitcoin articles on RT online are pro, yet the Russian's officiial stance is still anti, amirite?

This^^

RT is just playing to their crowd. Western 'guns n silver' libertarian types that don't like their own ruling establishments very much and Bitcoin is very much part of that paraphernalia.

Russia has already made its stance very clear on Bitcoin. They have stated that all economic transactions within the Russian Federation must be done in Rubles. Thus Bitcoin transactions in exchange for goods n services are illegal in Russia. I seem to remember them also going after BTC-e which is the only exchange that done BTC trades in Rubles. For a short while, BTC-e took down the option to deposit Rubles into trader accounts.

Its Fair to say its been High Risk and High return,

There is no ban on Bitcoins in Russia. Here are the proofs:

1. A number of Bitcoin exchanges operate within Russia, and many have Russian bank accounts.
2. Localbitcoins operate within Russia without any restrictions.
3. So far the Russian authorities have not prosecuted anyone for using Bitcoins or other Bitcoin-related stuff.

I second this

Difficulties in exchanging the coins for cash? It is not that difficult. Localbitcoins is very active in Russia with thousands of users. However, bank withdrawals from BTC-E takes a lot of time.

i think russia is on the same stance as many countries, in the end russia will also be friendly to bitcoins..

regarding RT, I got to  tell you, if there are some who became super rich by watching news channel, then it has got to be they watched RT...because they supported bitcoins and asked to buy them, but a lot did not and are now feeling sad for it.

be thankful to rt for promoting bitcoin..

I hope this will help