In the capital’s metro, the payment of the travel digital ruble will be tested. This was expressed by Maxim Liksutov, head of the Department of Transport and Development of Moscow Road Transport Infrastructure, whose words were quoted by the press service of the Moscow Ministry of Transport in 2009. Telegram.
“We plan to start testing digital ruble sales of Troika souvenir cards and cards with the balance of the Wallet ticket,” he said.
According to Liksutov, only employees included in the focus group in the initial phase will be able to use the payment in digital rubles. He noted that according to the results of the pilot launch, the possibility of paying for trips in digital rubles can be transferred to other types of Moscow transport.
The head of the transport department explained that this project was carried out jointly with the Central Bank and the VTB, on the post of the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
Prior to that, Vadim Kulik, Vice Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank declarationThat VTB is the first Russian bank to launch transactions in digital rubles on the VTB Online mobile app as part of a real digital currency trial.
Formerly the Central Bank of Russia reported on the development of the possibility of paying bills for housing and communal services in digital rubles.