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The Central Bank of Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) has published multiple reports for public consultation covering a broad range of financial market regulatory topics. The most recent consultations, published between May 2026 and February 2026, address credit concentration risk regulation, financial instrument market access optimization, financial influencer regulation, group regulatory standards, and artificial intelligence (AI) application in financial markets. On May 20, 2026, the Bank of Russia released a consultation report on "Changes in Credit Concentration Risk Regulation," with comments due by June 5, 2026. On February 17, 2026, it published two consultation reports: "Financial Instrument Market Access: Optimization Directions" (responses due March 31, 2026) and "Approaches to Regulating Financial Influencers" (responses due April 30, 2026). On February 5, 2026, the Bank of Russia released a report on "Changes in Group Regulatory Standards" (responses due March 4, 2026). Earlier consultations from 2025 addressed AI application in financial markets (published November 20, 2025; responses due December 30, 2025), credit organization reporting improvements (published October 3, 2025; responses due October 31, 2025), supervisory stress-testing concepts (published September 17, 2025; responses due October 17, 2025), and changes to bank economic position assessment approaches (published June 25, 2025; responses due August 1, 2025). The Bank of Russia's consultation process enables market participants, including credit institutions, investment firms, and other financial market participants, to provide feedback on proposed regulatory changes. Stakeholders should submit responses to the designated email addresses provided for each consultation report to ensure their input is considered during the regulatory development process.