"A draft law introducing the national cryptocurrency CryptoRuble as an official means of payment in Russia has been submitted to parliament.
“The amendments proposed by the draft law ... codify the digital financial asset as a legal means of payment on the territory of Russia,” the document’s explanatory note reads.
The draft law was submitted by a Communist Party MP, Rizvan Kurbanov. It specifies that the currency will go by the name “CryptoRuble.”"
Source:
https://www.rt.com/business-projects/417001-cryptocurrency-russia-law-ruble/
