Mikhail Mishustin: Russia is going to launch cross -border calculations with digital assets – Bits Media

The Russian government is going to establish cross -border calculations in digital assets using blockchain. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.

“Now we are working on launching cross -border calculations based on blockchain technology with using digital financial assets and utilitarian digital rights ", - said Mishustin at the Moscow Financial Forum.

The authorities have already prepared a “step -by -step plan to create a system, in which legal and technical aspects will be analyzed, Added an official. All these measures will give more opportunities to attract foreign investment, Mishustin assures.

Recently, the head of the Association of Banks of Russia Georgy Luntovsky said, that a digital ruble can be a comfortable tool for cross -border calculations.

Earlier in September, the head of the Department of Infrastructure of the Financial Market of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Kirill Pronin approved, that the new "digital activities" together have already brought the financial market 140 billion rubles.