According to @AltcoinDaily, Russia has finalized a draft bill to legalize crypto trading, source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 15, 2026. The post does not include an official government document or statement, so traders should treat the claim as unconfirmed and seek primary confirmation from Russian authorities before positioning, source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 15, 2026. Given headline risk, traders can monitor BTC and ETH for liquidity gaps and sudden volatility during European trading hours while applying tight risk controls, source: @AltcoinDaily on X, Jan 15, 2026.

According to CoinMarketCap, Russia will implement a unified crypto framework on July 1 that licenses exchanges and depositories, bans privacy coins, and caps retail exposure, formalizing state-approved digital asset markets (source: CoinMarketCap). According to CoinMarketCap, the Bank of Russia will unify rules for investments and transactions and ramp up enforcement in 2027 using banking-style penalties (source: CoinMarketCap). According to CoinMarketCap, traders should monitor July 1 and 2027 as key regulatory dates for venue licensing milestones, asset availability under the privacy coin ban, and retail limit implications across Russia’s state-approved markets (source: CoinMarketCap).

According to CoinMarketCap, Russia's central bank has submitted a draft proposal that would allow non-qualified investors to purchase certain cryptocurrencies only after passing a knowledge test, with total purchases capped at around $3,834 per year (source: CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 23, 2025). According to CoinMarketCap, the measure is at the draft stage and explicitly sets two trading-relevant parameters: a mandatory knowledge test and an annual purchase limit of approximately $3,834 for non-qualified investors (source: CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 23, 2025).