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Key Takeaways
- Some ministry employees received digital-ruble wages.
- Recipients can convert the money into bank-account rubles.
- Spending data would show how useful the system becomes.
The ministry’s October 2 announcement said participating employees had opened accounts on the Bank of Russia platform to receive the payments. It did not disclose how many people took part, the amount transferred or whether their entire salaries were paid this way.
These were the employees’ first payments in the new format, although government payroll had already featured in an earlier experiment. In a 2025 announcement, the ministry reported that Russia’s Treasury had paid a salary in digital rubles to a person holding a state position. The October payments extend that work into the ministry’s own payroll.
For the recipients, the practical question begins once the salary arrives: does using the new balance offer enough convenience to change how...
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