Russia to Allow Cryptocurrencies for “Contractual” Payments
"Russia will allow cryptocurrencies to be used as a “contractual” means of payment in the country, partially lifting the crypto payment ban.
Russia may consider cryptocurrencies as an opponent to its CBDC.
The country also plans to release a digital prototype of the national fiat currency by the end of this year."
https://fullycrypto.com/russia-to-allow-cryptocurrencies-for-contractual-paymentsI read this news in Russian but everyone has already forgotten about it

"can be used" and "will be used" in the Russian sense are very distant things.