The Central Bank allowed the revision of the rules for the export of cash and gold from Russia

The Central Bank hopes to finalize the 193rd decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin “On a special procedure for the export of cash currency of the Russian Federation and refined gold bullion from the Russian Federation”. This statement was made by the head of the financial monitoring and currency control service of the Bank of Russia Bogdan Shablya at the International Banking Forum, RBC correspondent reports.

According to the 193rd decree, as Alexey Vyacheslavovich (Yakovlev, Director of the Department of Financial Policy of the Ministry of Finance). - RBC. The decree is really very important, very serious. We hope that it will also be finalized in the near future, modified, since practice shows that more order is needed in this direction, he said.

The presidential decree “On the special procedure for the export of cash currency of the Russian Federation and refined gold bullion from the Russian Federation” implies a ban on the export from Russia to the EAEU countries of cash currency exceeding the equivalent of $ 100,000 at the exchange rate of the Central Bank as of the current date.

The decree also establishes a ban on the export of refined gold in bullion with a total weight of 100 g with certain exceptions. The decree implies a number of exceptions.

The decree is effective from April 1, 2026.

At the same time, Shablya stressed that the Central Bank, together with the Ministry of Finance, Rosfinmonitoring and banks, are setting up processes on the Antidrop platform so that they do not “beat” at a simple conscientious client.

At a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects in December 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak presented a plan for changes in the economy until 2030. One of the points is a ban on the uncontrolled export from Russia of cash rubles of unknown origin, including to the EAEU countries.

Earlier, the FCS reported a multiple increase in the export of gold bars by individuals and stated the need for increased control of gold exports. In January, the Ministry of Finance put forward a proposal to limit the export of gold abroad in bullion from 100 g.

At the same time, the Central Bank did not support restrictions on the export of precious metal from the country. Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Alexei Guznov said that the restrictions could negatively affect cross-border payments.