Digital ruble rollout to cost Russian businesses up to RUB 300 million
- —32% of respondents cited a lack of ready-made products as the top barrier, 28% pointed to regulation
- —On-premise deployment with FSB and FSTEC security compliance costs RUB 160–300 million
- —Cloud deployment starts at RUB 45 million with a 3–6 month launch timeline
- —61% of non-banking companies have not yet begun preparations for the digital ruble
Why it matters: High costs and a shortage of specialists could slow mandatory digital ruble adoption in retail and mid-sized businesses.
Source: BeInCrypto RU