Legal regulation of the monetary system of the Russian Federation in the digital economy: financial and legal problems

The article discusses current problems of digitalization of the monetary system of the Russian Federation. A conclusion is made about the place and content of the sub-growth of the rights of the monetary system in the structure of financial law. It is argued that digitalization does not change the essence of financial relations, the essence of money as a financial and legal category, it only gives them an electronic form. The author’s assessments of the legal nature and qualifying features of new financial payment instruments that are a response to the challenges of the digital economy are given: electronic money, digital currencies, digital ruble. It is argued that they are subtypes of non-cash money circulation along with classic bank money. Proposals for improving the current legislation on the national payment system are substantiated in terms of systemic legal regulation of all types of digital forms of monetary circulation.