# How Russia’s central bank plans to give the FSB access to crypto exchange customers’ personal data

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-russias-central-bank-plans-to-give-the-fsb-access-to-crypto-exchange-customers-personal-data/
- Published: 2026-11-06T20:03:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T20:23:38+00:00
- Original publisher: Meduza
- Original article: https://meduza.io/en/cards/how-russia-s-central-bank-plans-to-give-the-fsb-access-to-crypto-exchange-customers-personal-data
- Topics: Business, Crypto, Europe, World

## Key points

- Russia’s Central Bank has proposed FSB access to crypto service data.
- Firms would retain data for five years and respond to FSB requests.
- The draft leaves questions about access to custodial wallet keys.

## Summary

Russia’s Central Bank has proposed rules that would give the Federal Security Service (FSB) a new way to obtain data from cryptocurrency businesses operating legally in Russia. The draft sets out how these firms would connect their databases to an SORM surveillance system, allowing the FSB to request stored information or monitor selected activity in real time.

The proposed system would require covered businesses to retain data for at least five years and send matching information automatically when the FSB requests it. The rules also leave unclear whether the system could expose private keys for custodial wallets, which could technically let officials make transactions from those wallets. Some transactions through non-custodial wallets or foreign and underground services may avoid the system for now, but the article says these routes will be prohibited from 1 July 2027.

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