【The designer of the Russian digital ruble is about to leave】Golden Finance reports that the Central Bank of Russia has announced that First Deputy Governor Olga Skorobogatova will leave on December 2. She worked in the private sector until joining the central bank in 2014. Skorobogatova was responsible for overseeing the national payment system, IT, and financial technology, including the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the digital ruble. Her position will be succeeded by the central bank's IT director Zulfiya Kakhrumanova. First Deputy Governor Dmitry Tulin will be responsible for overseeing the national payment system. The digital ruble is scheduled for large-scale rollout in July 2025, at which point large banks will be required to support the CBDC. A second batch of banks was originally planned to join the program in January 2024, but this has not yet been realized as of October.

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