MOSCOW—Russia’s Central Bank is not slowing down its efforts toward developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), planning an official digital ruble rollout in a few years, a new report states.
According to the Bank of Russia’s latest monetary policy update, the authority will begin to connect all banks and credit institutions to the digital ruble platform in 2024, CoinTelegraph stated.
“That would be an important year for Russia as the country is expected to hold presidential elections in March 2024 and incumbent President Vladimir Putin has the constitutional right to get re-elected,” CoinTelegraph noted.
By that time, the central bank expects to complete “real money” customer-to-customer transaction trials as well as the testing of customer-to-business and business-to-customer settlements, according to the report.
In 2023, the Bank of Russia also intends to conduct beta testing of digital ruble-based smart contracts for trades by a limited circle of participants, CoinTelegraph stated.
A ‘Gradual’ Rollout
The bank stated it expects to proceed with the CBDC rollout in a gradual manner, unlocking new different trials and features year by year. As soon as the federal treasury is ready, the digital ruble will also feature consumer-to-government, business-to-government, government-to-consumer and government-to-business payments, the Bank of Russia said.
The central bank also expects to introduce the offline mode for the digital ruble by 2025 alongside integration of non-bank financial intermediaries, financial platforms and exchange infrastructure, CoinTelegraph said.
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