In the letter, which was signed by the head of RSPP Alexander Shokhin and co-chair of the coordinating Council of the RUIE concerning the issues of digitalization, the President of “Norilsk Nickel” Vladimir Potanin notes that during a pandemic coronavirus business “internally and massively turned to the possibilities of digitalization” and the trend “should not be lost.”
Digital assets – the right to the real goods/services expressed in digital form – the accounting treatment of which is possible only by paying to or modify records in the information system based on a distributed registry.
Their use, confident in the RSPP, will significantly improve the situation of receivables, which are important for small and medium businesses. In addition, the possibility of producing digital financial tools “will facilitate business access to debt capital market, which will increase the chances of the economy at a gradual and sustainable recovery after the devastating impact of the pandemic”.
According to experts, the adoption of a law is really needed for economic development. “The entry into circulation of digital assets not only simplifies transactions, but also will give the state a mechanism to support citizens, if they for some reason can’t pay the money,” – said the Treasurer Qiwi Blockchain Teсhnologies and the head of Russia’s first kriptosistema Hash Yakov Barinsky. In turn, Yuri Pripachkin, the President of the Russian Association of kryptonyte and blockchain (RAKIB) stated that “in terms of foreign currency imbalances, as it is today, it’s silly not to use the opportunities of digital assets”. “The big players are ready to tokenservice their assets and products this bill will help to form a digital network with customers and contractors”, concluded the member of the expert Council of the “Agency for strategic initiatives” the Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev.
the Head of the Duma Committee on financial market Anatoly Aksakov reported that the bill for the CFA is a high degree of readiness for the second reading, there now “zashlifovyvayutsya details and wording”.
Alexander Shokhin hopes that the government will Express its position on this issue this week. Originally the bill was agreed, the Central Bank, the Government of the Russian Federation and all interested parties. “Now we need actually only an organizational decision to start the review process”, – said the head of RSPP, we Should think about the future, given that the crisis is a new opportunity.”
