Russia’s Finance Ministry pays wages in digital rubles for first time
Russia’s Finance Ministry made its first salary payments in digital rubles on Oct. 1, extending the CBDC into government payroll. The rollout follows the Sept. 1 expansion of digital-ruble access through major Russian banks and places digital-ruble accounts on the Bank of Russia’s platform rather than on commercial-bank balance sheets.
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Employees who received the first state salary payments in digital rubles now see the new payment rail used in payroll, and the change is visible to the Finance Ministry and participating staff immediately. The step also matters to people watching the budget system, because the digital ruble has moved from rollout into actual government payments.
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