Digital Currencies
Digital currencies are property represented by a set of electronic data (digital code or notation) contained in an information system, which is offered and/or may be accepted as a means of payment that is not the currency unit of the Russian Federation, the currency unit of a foreign state and/or international monetary or settlement unit, and/or as investments, and with respect to which there is no entity obligated towards each owner of such property, except for the operator and/or nodes of the information system, which are only required to ensure that the procedures for issuance and conduct in relation to such property comply with the rules of such information system1.
Federal Law No. 282-FZ dated 04.08.2026 "On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights". 2026, as amended on 01.09.2026, Article 2, paragraph 1. ↩