🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the importance of an international payment system independent of interference. Russia is betting on the digital ruble to avoid US sanctions. Putin pointed to a “promising example” of a joint pilot where several central banks in Asia and the Middle East issued and exchanged CDs, without specifying a specific case. In mid-2022, 20 commercial banks completed more than 160 transactions valued at over $22 million using the mBridge Ledger platform and CBDS.