Russia plans to introduce cryptocurrency investor testing standards, with brokerages potentially leading the rollout by the end of November.

On October 29, citing Russian media RBC, Ekaterina Andreeva, First Vice President of the Russian Association of Securities Market Participants (НАУФОР), stated at Crypto Summit 2026 that the investor testing standards for purchasing cryptocurrencies on regulated platforms in Russia have been finalized, with a draft submitted last week to the Central Bank of Russia's fundamental standards committee. Brokerage firms will be the first to qualify to test clients, expected to begin as early as late November. Test results will be valid across all regulated platforms, and the question banks and procedures for various licensed institutions are expected to remain unified.