A Russian economist has claimed Moscow will eventually force the elderly to accept CBDC pension payments as part of the digital ruble rollout.
Per Pro Blast, the claims were made by the writer and economist Alexander Razuvaev, who said:
“Gradually, [conventional] pensions will be replaced with payments made in digital rubles. In the near future, this is most likely inevitable. So, little by little, pensioners are being driven into the Central Bank’s trap. They are being encouraged to switch to a new type of money.”
Razuvaev added that the CBDC adoption “trend” would “only intensify over time,” as “technological progress takes its toll.”
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