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The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) opened public consultations on multiple draft regulatory instruments across banking, financial markets, and anti-money laundering compliance. The consultation period runs through August 2026, with individual comment deadlines ranging from August 10 to August 22, 2026. The CBR is consulting on draft instructions and regulations covering several key areas. These include procedures for currency operations documentation and reporting; accounting treatment of digital currency transactions by credit institutions and non-credit financial organisations; amendments to money transfer operator oversight requirements; securities admission to organised trading; and database creation and maintenance for credit institutions. Additionally, the CBR is consulting on amendments to insurance solvency requirements, identification requirements for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing purposes, and personnel training standards for non-credit financial organisations. The CBR is also consulting on regulations establishing minimum capital requirements for digital depositories and operators of digital financial asset issuance systems; brokerage requirements for digital currency and digital rights transactions; qualified credit bureau interaction procedures; and credit history formation procedures. A separate consultation addresses life insurance with declared returns, including minimum conditions and information disclosure requirements. Stakeholders including credit institutions, financial market participants, insurance companies, and digital asset operators are encouraged to submit comments to designated CBR email addresses before their respective deadlines. The CBR published explanatory notes accompanying each draft instrument on its website. All consultations form part of the CBR's 2026 regulatory development plan and are subject to regulatory impact assessment procedures.