According to the plans of the Central Bank of Russia, retail companies with an annual revenue of more than 30 million rubles must implement payment in the digital national currency by July 1, 2025, those with more than 20 million rubles - by July 1, 2026, and all others - by July 1, 2027.
It is proposed to conduct payments for purchases in digital rubles using a universal QR code based on NSPK, which will eliminate additional costs.
One of the authors of the bill, the head of the State Duma committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov, expressed readiness to discuss the position of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. However, citing the results of the pilot project, he reported that during the testing, none of the 21,000 participating retail outlets "encountered any difficulties."