Russia’s Finance Ministry Says (Again) That The Digital Ruble Will Replace Cash

The transition to CBDCs will be completely voluntary, though. You needn’t worry! Zero Hedge: Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, is the world’s most candid space lizard. When he announced in a September 2021 interview that “the digital ruble is a replacement for the cash ruble”, skeptics and haters spread hurtful rumors that Moiseev’s refreshing and award-winning honesty had been taken out of context. Here’s what Mr. Moiseev told RIA Novosti two years later, on October 30, 2023: