Russia tests digital ruble in bid to bypass sanctions...

“For instance, you give money to a child who goes to school, saying it can only be spent on breakfast, buying books or textbooks,” Aksakov told a government paper.

“No matter how great the desire of the user to spend it on other purposes, it will be impossible to do.”

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