Influential legislator Anatoly Aksakov says CBDC payments will be the norm in the next five years, and Russia will be...
Governor Elvira Nabiullina says that the digital ruble needs to be the most convenient payment method for individuals and businesses...
Seven months after its introduction, Russia's digital ruble pilot has recorded 25,000 transactions, with the upcoming project with fellow BRICS...
The State Duma Committee has issued a green light for the proposed digital assets bill to proceed for a second...
Since mid-2023, the Bank of Russia has been experimenting with its central bank digital currency, the digital ruble, and a...
Russia’s CBDC pilot is expected to will gather a larger pool of merchants and participants following the onboarding of over...
Alexander Razuvaev says that while it’s being framed as optional, the digital ruble will become mandatory for all pension payments,...
The Bank of Russia's digital ruble experiments will not launch before 2025 as the central bank continues to test a...
For Russian financial institutions to circumvent Western-backed economic sanctions since its invasion of Ukraine, Russian deputies are pushing for wholesale...
As Russia prepares its digital ruble pilot, concerns arise over privacy and the CBDC's potential implications to the financial landscape,...
Starting in 2025, business-to-business transactions involving the digital ruble will have a 15 rubles ($0.16) charge, while individuals will only...
Although Russia has said the digital ruble will be optional, banks want that embedded in legislation as they say their...