Around half of Russian citizens have no interest in trying the digital ruble, according to a survey which also found that some 40% see no advantages in the latest incarnation of the national fiat. The ...

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Major Russian banks and retailers are ready to allow citizens to use the national's digital ruble by the September 1 deadline, Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said this week, according to a ...

The Russian Central Bank released the digital ruble’s brand identity and transaction tariffs, Russia’s CBDC project, which went live on August 1, 2023. In particular, all digital ruble services will ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On August 1, 2023, the law introducing the digital ruble comes into force. TASS has assembled all of the key facts about the digital ruble and how digital currencies interact with ...

Digital ruble rollout plans could cost the Russian banking sector a total of $536 million per year, financial analysts have claimed. Per Forbes Russia, the nation's retail sector could be in for a ...

Russia's First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Olga Skorobogatova announced on Friday that the Bank of Russia is set to begin a pilot project on real transactions with the digital ruble starting ...

A woman walks past a currency exchange office in Moscow on August 14, 2023, the day the Russian ruble hit its lowest level against the dollar since March 23, 2022 ...

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Eventually, the digital ruble, alongside the development of blockchain, will displace the need for banks, Russian lawmaker Anatoly Aksakov said in a meeting, a local media outlet reported on Tuesday. ...