# Russia Opens a Crypto Trade Corridor for Sanctioned Firms, but Cash-Out Routes Stay Constrained

A legal channel lets selected companies settle cross-border trade in bitcoin and stablecoins, yet the wallets, exchanges, and counterparties needed to use it remain exposed to pressure.

- Published: 2026-06-26T10:31:33.042Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-26/russia-opens-a-crypto-trade-corridor-for-sanctioned-firms-bu
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: geopolitics
- Sources: [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/russias-crypto-trade-corridor-puts-bitcoin-and-stablecoins-in-sanctions-crosshairs/)

Russia has created a legal route that lets selected firms use cryptocurrency to settle cross-border trade, a corridor CryptoSlate reports is built around an experimental legal regime. The mechanism gives chosen companies a sanctioned-trade…

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