He also said in the same meeting talking about concurrency.

              "I would like to draw your attention to the need to use the advantages that are offered by new technological solutions in the banking sphere..."

             "It is important not to create unnecessary barriers, of course, but rather to provide essential conditions for advancing and upgrading the national financial system."

I think is friendship with Trump have negative effect on him...


Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/putin-central-bank-unnecessary-barriers-cryptocurrencies/?utm_source=OneSignal%20Push&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications