Reportedly, the Bank of Russia is evaluating the use case of Crypto for international payments within the regulatory sandbox framework. As per Olga Skorobogatova, the first Deputy Chairperson of the central bank the trial project will be based on the interest of market participants, and the regulations do not define which company has been involved. Earlier, the first deputy governor of the Bank of Russia, Vladimir Chistyukhin, also hinted that the central bank was attempting to encourage digital financial assets usage.