[Russia considers allowing major local licensed exchanges to provide digital currency trading services] On July 15, the Russian Ministry of Finance proposed to allow licensed exchanges such as the Moscow Exchange and the St. Petersburg Exchange to provide digital currency trading services to selected qualified investors. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma Financial Markets Committee, believes that Russia's largest exchanges are ready to handle cryptocurrency transactions. He stressed that once the legal conditions are established, the exchange should be able to quickly start crypto trading without any problems.