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The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) has opened public consultations on multiple draft regulatory acts across financial services, anti-money laundering, and digital asset sectors. The consultation period runs through August 2026, with individual comment deadlines ranging from August 4 to August 17, 2026. The CBR is consulting on amendments addressing several key areas. These include modifications to client identification requirements for organisations conducting money transfers and property operations subject to CBR regulation, aimed at combating money laundering and terrorism financing. The CBR is also consulting on amendments to requirements for staff training and development in non-credit financial organisations, and new regulations governing information-sharing procedures between credit organisations, foreign bank branches, digital depositaries, and digital asset operators under anti-money laundering legislation. Additional consultations cover minimum requirements for life insurance products with declared returns; broker requirements for digital currency and digital rights transactions; amendments to qualified credit bureau interaction procedures; and qualification standards for personnel in digital currency exchange organisations, digital depositaries, and digital asset issuance platforms. The CBR is also consulting on digital depositary activity requirements, capital adequacy standards for digital depositaries and asset issuance operators, and amendments to banking group capital calculation methodologies. Stakeholders including credit organisations, financial market participants, insurance providers, and digital asset operators should submit comments to the designated CBR contact addresses by the specified deadlines. Detailed draft regulations, explanatory notes, and submission procedures are available on the CBR's website at www.cbr.ru. All consultations form part of the CBR's 2026 regulatory development plan.