Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has given the central bank and Moscow’s Ministry of Finance until Dec. 1 to submit specific proposals on the future of the Russian Federation’s digital financial asset (DFA) market, Bitcoin.com reported. The finance ministry and monetary authorities must also work with Russia's financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring, the Federal Tax Service and the Federal Security Service to develop a unified position on a draft law aimed at regulating the issuance and circulation of Russian digital currencies by Dec. 19. According to previous news from Foresight News, Ivan Chebeskov, Director of the Financial Stability Department of the Russian Ministry of Finance, said that cryptocurrencies may be accepted for cross-border payments as early as 2023.