Russia’s Finance Ministry & Central Bank Launch Elite-Only Crypto Exchange

Moscow rolls out red carpet for high-net-worth crypto traders—because nothing says ’financial inclusion’ like a velvet-rope digital asset club.

The Kremlin’s VIP Crypto Playground

Russia’s financial elite now get a state-sanctioned sandbox to trade BTC and altcoins, bypassing Western exchanges still clinging to AML paperwork. The rub? You’ll need oligarch-level connections (or Swiss bank statements) to get past the bouncers.

Sanctions? What Sanctions?

The platform reportedly runs on a hybrid blockchain model—enough decentralization for plausible deniability, enough central control to freeze assets if someone falls out of favor. Classic Russian doll infrastructure.

One anonymous banker quipped: ’Finally, a way to launder money without those pesky middlemen at Binance.’