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Feb 1, 2002
Russia’s general AML/CFT statute treats digital currency as property and applies identification, risk-control, reporting, freezing, recordkeeping, and anti-tipping-off...
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Explore Russia’s crypto laws, including exchange restrictions, mining rules, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset regulation.
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Jan 1, 2021
Licensing & Registration Mining Payments +2 more
Russia’s framework for issuing and trading digital financial assets, supervising registered operators, restricting domestic crypto payments, and regulating...
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Jan 1, 2021
Russian decree integrating digital financial assets, digital rights and digital currency into public-official disclosures. Its special applicant notice...
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Jan 28, 2021
Russia’s framework for time-limited experimental legal regimes in digital and technological innovation. It covers the financial market and...
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Feb 9, 2021
The Bank of Russia requires eligible legal entities to obtain approval of DFA exchange rules and entry in...
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Feb 9, 2021
Russia’s in-force admission regime for legal entities operating DFA issuance systems or DFA exchanges. The Bank of Russia...
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Aug 1, 2023
Russia’s statutory framework for digital-ruble accounts and transfers. It makes the Bank of Russia the platform operator, establishes...
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Mar 11, 2024
Russian law permitting digital financial assets and utility digital rights as consideration under qualifying foreign-trade contracts between residents...
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Aug 19, 2024
Russia’s Federal Law No. 221-FZ defines digital-currency mining, creates miner and infrastructure-operator registries, requires production and address reporting,...
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Sep 1, 2024
Russia’s Federal Law No. 223-FZ authorizes Bank of Russia experimental legal regimes for selected digital-currency settlements under foreign-trade...
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