Mishustin announced the need to use digital assets in trading settlements

According to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, digital assets can become an alternative means of payment that guarantees “uninterrupted payment” for imports and exports. Therefore, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers believes, Russia should start introducing digital assets into trading operating procedures.

“We need to intensively develop innovative areas, including the introduction of digital assets. This is a safe alternative for all parties, which is able to guarantee uninterrupted payment for the supply of goods from abroad and for export,” the Prime Minister said during the strategic session “Development of the domestic system” (quoted by RIA Novosti).

He added that the government, together with the Bank of Russia, managed to stabilize the banking system and reduce inflationary risks. “The main task now is to take medium-term measures aimed at restoring growth rates, and this requires the comprehensive development of all sectors,” the politician noted.

Formerly Mr. Mishustin urged deal with the regulation of digital assets. “We have more than 10 million young people today who have opened crypto wallets, to which significant funds have already been transferred, exceeding, according to various estimates, ten trillion rubles … Crypto assets, or digital financial assets, are not simple tools, they need to be treated quite carefully,” the prime minister emphasized. .

On the regulation of digital assets in Russia – in the publication “Kommersant FM” “Cryptocurrency defines the rules of the game”.

Andrey Sapozhnikov