“The proposal conceptually complies with the FATF standards (Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering. -
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) and is supported by Rosfinmonitoring,” TASS quotes a statement from the department.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the country's government and the Central Bank to hold discussions regarding cryptocurrency and report on the results.
On January 25, Ivan Chebeskov, director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance, opposed the proposed ban on cryptocurrencies in the country by the Central Bank.
He noted that he considers it necessary to introduce regulation of the digital asset market.
On January 21, the Central Bank announced possible measures to tighten regulation of the cryptocurrency market in Russia.