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Foreign investors have opened several new Type-In accounts, designed to give them access to Russian securities, Russia's deputy finance minister Alexei Moiseyev said, according to TASS.

"I know for certain that several accounts have been opened — that is a very good sign," he told journalists.

Moiseyev declined to disclose the amounts deposited, citing banking secrecy, and said he expects the Bank of Russia to publish a summary at the end of the reporting period.

Previously, the deputy minister outlined the conditions he believes are necessary for foreign investors to return to Russia. "I am confident that [if there is] at least a year without new wars, then western investors will definitely come back," he said, while acknowledging that investment volumes would likely fall short of pre-2022 levels.

Type-In accounts were introduced by presidential decree in July 2025 to give foreign investors — including those from countries designated as "unfriendly" — access to deposits at Russian banks, securities traded on stock exchanges and at initial public offerings, as well as derivatives. No accounts of this type had previously been reported as opened.

Moiseyev had earlier said that the geopolitical situation was hampering the rollout of Type-In accounts.