The real use of the digital ruble will begin in 2023
The head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, said that the development of a national digital currency is in full swing and next year the agency will conduct the first real settlements in the digital ruble.
I am not sure why people think that this would be even closely crypto related news. Most of the Fiat money is in digital form already and Russia of all places would be last one to want permissionless transactions for their Rubles. Then there obviously is the fact of it being banned in most exchanges, just like russian accounts.