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Aksakov indicated that the upcoming legislation will focus on the development of digital assets.
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A broad debate is expected in the spring session, which has already begun.
Russia is advancing in the creation of a regulatory framework that will allow the definitive integration of bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies into its economic and social system.
Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, reported that a bill designed to remove cryptocurrencies from “special financial regulation” has already been prepared.
According to the official, the primary objective is that The use of this technology becomes common in the daily lives of Russian citizens.
Aksakov highlighted that the upcoming legislation will focus on the development of digital financial assets. The project, which is expected to be subjected to extensive debate during the current spring session of the State Duma, proposes that the market be made available to unqualified investors.
However, for these retail users a purchase limit of up to 300,000 rubles in crypto assets would be established. While professional participants in the financial sector will be able to operate without amount restrictions.
The official also stressed that the use of bitcoin and other digital assets will be essential for international payments. The regulations would allow these assets to be issued locally and placed in financial markets in other countries, facilitating foreign trade.
Russia has been looking at bitcoin and its ecosystem for some time
This vision coincides with what was previously expressed by the Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, who pointed out that international payments in cryptocurrencies represent the future of cross-border trade under an experimental regime, as reported by NoticiasVE.
This legislative advance occurs in a context of growing institutional adoption in the country. At the end of 2025, Sberbank, Russia’s main bank, granted its first bitcoin-backed credit. This was to finance digital mining operations.
Likewise, since the end of 2024, President Vladimir Putin has ratified laws that recognize digital currencies as “property” under the Tax Code. This, arguing that no one can prohibit bitcoin and that Its development is inevitable to reduce costs and increase the reliability of transactions.