When will salaries be paid in digital rubles? The State Duma responds

The parliamentarian clarified: “Any citizen who wishes to use digital currency will be able to receive their salary specifically in digital rubles starting from that date,” he explained in an interview with IA DEITA.

“To implement this measure, banks working with digital rubles must be included in the register of systemically important credit institutions. There are currently 12 of them — they handle more than 80 percent of monetary circulation,” the deputy noted.

Next, trade and service enterprises with an annual turnover of 120 million rubles or more will be connected to digital ruble operations starting September 1, 2026. A year later, companies with turnovers starting from 30 million rubles will join.

From September 1, 2027, all universal banks will be able to carry out such operations, and from September 1, 2028, all other credit institutions and trade firms with annual turnovers above 5 million rubles will follow. “This process is gradual and voluntary,” Aksakov emphasized.

The legislator also guaranteed that no one will be forced to switch to digital rubles, and those who prefer traditional forms of money will retain their full right of choice.