The establishment of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR) as a unified or “MegaRegulator” in 2013 is an emblem of the far reaching changes to the legal and supervisorylandscape in recent years. The level of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCP) reflects the transitional nature ofthe supervisory practices in Russia at the time of the assessment. The CBR is in the course of developing and enhancing its Risk Based Approach to supervision. The regulatory approach in the Russian Federation is highly rules based and this presentssome specific challenges to an effective risk based supervisory regime. Supervision and Anti-Money Laundering and/Countering Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT)regulations have been improved. Effective communication and flow of information has been improving but some limitationsstill apply.