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Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins will be in the focus of Russian legislative efforts next year, a prominent member of the parliament in Moscow has indicated. Creating a legal framework for digital finance will be a top priority, the high-ranking lawmaker emphasized as Russia moves to regulate its crypto space. Digital assets and finance become Russia’s priority Russian legislators will put a particular emphasis on adopting rules for the country’s market for digital financial assets, cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins in 2026. The pledge came from the head of a parliamentary body with significant influence over the legislative process in this field. Digital finance will be one of the most important topics of the new year, along with Islamic banking and the fight against fraud, detailed Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Markets Committee at the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. Legislators will prioritize the establishment of a legal framework in these areas, the Russian deputy insisted in a post on Telegram, summing up the results of a discussion on the matter held at a conference devoted to banking law. Quoted by the business news portal RBC on Thursday, Aksakov elaborated: “The focus will be on the development of the market for digital financial assets (DFAs), cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins.” The issuance and placement of DFAs, or instruments such as tokenized assets and securities, were regulated with the Russian law “On Digital Financial Assets,” which went into force a few years ago. The latter two categories, representing decentralized digital currencies like Bitcoin or fiat-pegged stablecoins like Tether, remained outside of that act’s scope. They are still largely a gray area in Russia, although some related activities, such as cryptocurrency mining, for example, were regulated with dedicated legislation adopted in 2024. Russian government to grow domestic DFA market Starting next year, debt-based…

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