Baluev Ruslan

Biography

2025: Appointment as Director of the Information Technology Department of the Bank of Russia

On April 29, 2025, the Bank of Russia announced that Ruslan Baluev had been appointed the new director of its information technology department. In this post, he will replace Zulfiya Kakhrumanova, who on December 2, 2024 moved to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank.

Baluev has been working at the Bank of Russia for more than 14 years (as of April 2025). He performed duties in various positions, including in territorial institutions. Since January 2024, he served as deputy head of the information technology department.

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Фото: Bank of Russia

This department forms a unified IT policy of the Bank of Russia, which makes it possible to systematize all changes and initiatives in this direction. Among other things, the Department ensures the creation, development, operation and maintenance of all IT systems of the Central Bank, as well as the provision of IT services to internal users and external customers. One of the important areas of activity is import substitution in the field of informatization (a commission has been created and is functioning to ensure import substitution in the information and telecommunication system).

The department has regional departments in, To Moscow,, St. Petersburg,, Voronezh Yekaterinburg Kazan Krasnoyarsk,,,,,,, and Nizhny Novgorod. Novosibirsk Omsk Perm Ryazan Thanks to Tomsk this geographical distribution, it is alleged that the quality of support for the IT solutions of the Central Bank increases.

The Department develops and implements a strategy that improves the efficiency of its IT solutions, as well as promotes the development and support of innovations both in the Bank of Russia and in the financial market as a whole. The strategy is aimed at optimal use of all resources while ensuring information security and cyber resistance.^[1]

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