Russia Plans to Introduce Crypto Investor Testing Standards; Brokerages May Lead Launch by End of November

According to TechFlow, on October 29, citing Russia's RBC, Ekaterina Andreeva, First Vice President of the National Association of Securities Market Participants (НАУФОР), said at Crypto Summit 2026 that the testing standards for investors purchasing crypto assets on regulated platforms in Russia have been finalized, and the draft was submitted last week to the Basic Standards Committee of the Central Bank of Russia. Brokerages will be the first to be authorized to test clients, with implementation expected as early as the end of November. Test results will be accepted across all regulated platforms, and question banks and procedures for various licensed institutions are expected to remain unified.

Source: TechFlow