According to BlockBeats, on November 24, the Central Bank of Russia announced that its first deputy governor, Olga Skorobogatova, will leave on December 2. She is responsible for overseeing the national payment system, IT and financial technology.
Skorobogatova will be replaced by Zulfiya Kakhrumanova, the central bank’s IT director. First Deputy Governor Dmitry Tulin will oversee the national payment system.
The digital ruble is scheduled to be rolled out on a large scale in July 2025, and large banks will be obliged to support the CBDC. The second batch of banks was originally planned to join in January 2024, but this had not happened as of October.