The EU has expanded crypto sanctions, banning Russia and Belarus CASPs plus digital ruble and RUBx transactions.

With the Russian economy in the grips of an economic slowdown, the Kremlin has devised a silver bullet — in the shape of the digital ruble. But there’s just one problem ahead of the coin’s September 1 ...

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 ...

Russian ruble-pegged stablecoins like A7A5 and RUBx will be hit by the EU’s newest sanctions aimed at further cutting ...

German Gref, CEO of Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is making headlines for expressing skepticism about the digital ruble during a financial forum in St. Petersburg on July 2, 2025. His opinion ...

Russia's central bank is set to start real-world tests of its digital ruble with 13 banks and a limited circle of their clients next week, according to a release dated Wednesday. The first phase of ...

Russia passed a bill allowing crypto trade payments and is aiming to roll out the digital ruble next July. Moscow's tilt to crypto reverses its previous anti-crypto stance. Russia is looking to ...

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 ...

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. ...

Russia’s digital ruble has been integrated into the nation’s tax code after its President Vladimir Putin signed the move into law, according to local news platform Telesputnik. The tax code now ...

MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/. The digital ruble can be used in international payments by 2025, according to Head of the State Duma Committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov. "We expect that ...