Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Financial Market Committee, said that the bill on cross-border payments in cryptocurrencies can be adopted in January-February 2023 and start working from the second quarter. He said this in an interview he gave to the newspaper. “News”.
“I hope that we will accept this bill in January-February and it will start working from the second quarter of 2023,” Aksakov said.
Currently, the document is under consideration in the State Duma, discussions have flared up on it, the deputy said, explaining that the main criticism of the bill on cryptocurrencies is related to the risk of the emergence of an uncontrolled channel in Russia. legal withdrawal of capital from the country.
The chairman of the State Duma committee on the financial market noted that the participants in the debate on the law propose to establish additional norms to avoid such a risk. He stressed that these changes can be submitted for a second reading.
Aksakov also pointed to the possibility of limiting cryptocurrency transactions after it has been legalized due to sanctions. At the same time, he believes that due to the nature of the digital market, it is impossible to seriously affect transactions with cryptocurrencies.
formerly Aksakov sureHe noted that cryptocurrency as a legal product will definitely appear in the Russian Federation next year, and it cannot be used as a means of payment for internal payments.