【The designer of the Russian digital ruble is about to resign】The Central Bank of Russia announced that Olga Skorobogatova, the first deputy chairman, will resign on December 2. She had worked in the private sector until joining the Central Bank in 2014. Skorobogatova is responsible for supervising the national payment system, IT and financial technology, including the Central Bank's Digital Money (CBDC) - the digital ruble. Her position will be taken over by Zulfiya Kakhrumanova, the IT director of the Central Bank. The first deputy chairman, Dmitry Tulin, will be responsible for supervising the national payment system. The digital ruble is scheduled to be launched on a large scale in July 2025, when major banks will be obligated to support the CBDC. The second batch of banks was originally planned to join the program in January 2024, but it had not been realized by October.