Unnamed source says online casinos could be legalized in Russia within three months

A Russian gambling publication says online casinos could be legalized in Russia within three months, citing an unnamed source. For PSPs, that is the kind of headline that matters not because it is finished policy, but because it signals where the licensing, acquiring, and compliance conversation may be heading.

1. The claim comes from Рейтинг Букмекеров, which attributed the information to an unnamed source. No further details were provided in the text.
2. The timeline mentioned is three months. On its own, that is not a regulatory decision, but it is the only concrete timing in the source and the part that payment providers will notice first.
3. The reported subject is online casinos in Russia. For high-risk payment firms, that is the operative detail: if legalization moves from rumor to process, the questions immediately become who can process payments, under what license, and through which banking partners.