PANews reported on October 13 that according to Cryptonews, the Central Bank of Russia hopes to use tokenization solutions to enable foreign buyers to purchase shares of domestic companies. Vladimir Chistyukhin, First Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, talked about this at a recent sideline event at a financial forum. When asked about the tokenization of Russian stocks, the central bank executive gave a positive response, calling it a "viable option." However, Chistyukhin pointed out that overseas participants need to provide solutions at the technical and platform levels. He said: "In this area, foreign partners will play an important role. I am referring to foreign entities that are interested in tokenizing Russian assets so that they can be bought and sold overseas."