Russian rouble climbs to strongest in 7 years vs dollar, euro
MOSCOW – The Russian rouble jumped to a seven-year high against the dollar and euro on Moscow Exchange on Tuesday, supported by capital controls and …
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Russian rouble, stocks steady, defy global volatility
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble gained slightly on Friday, while stock markets dipped but remained steady compared with the extreme volatility of major U.S. and …
Russia’s first deputy PM says rouble is overvalued, sees inflation easing – Tass
(Reuters) – Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov says the rouble is overvalued and industry would be more comfortable if it fell to between …
Rouble firms past 60 vs dollar despite eased capital controls
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble climbed on Wednesday, firming past 60 per dollar, despite Russia’s decision to ease some capital controls and expectations of an …
Russian rouble eases towards 62 vs dollar, stocks extend fall
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened towards 62 against the dollar on Monday, steered by internal market flows and capital controls, while stock indexes extended …
Russia will start a pilot project for ‘digital’ rouble from April – cbank
(Reuters) – Russia will start a pilot project using its “digital” rouble with real customers and real transactions from April 2023, its central bank said …
Rouble firms to 4-yr high vs dollar as Russian debt payment licence expires
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble firmed past 56 against the dollar on Wednesday for the first time since 2018, and touched a seven-year high against …
Rouble dips against dollar after Russia eases capital controls
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened against the dollar on Wednesday but steadied not far from a five-year high against the euro, after losing the …
Rouble reverses rally as Russia eases capital controls
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, stepping away from near five-year highs against the euro, after the central bank eased some capital controls …
Russia to slash rates by year-end as rouble recovers
(Reuters) – Russia’s inflation this year could be lower than previously expected thanks to a recovery in the rouble, which should give the central bank …
Rouble climbs to March 2020 levels vs euro, stocks up
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble extended gains in early Moscow trade on Thursday, supported by month-end tax payments that led to increased conversion of foreign …
Rosneft issues June ESPO crude tender, requests for rouble payment
SINGAPORE – Russia’s top producer Rosneft <ROSN.MM> has issued a tender to sell June-loading ESPO Blend crude, in another attempt to get buyers to pay …
Russian rouble hits more than 2-year high vs euro before steadying near 77
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble clipped a more than two-year high against the euro in early trade on Tuesday before stabilising near Monday’s close, in …
Russia makes ‘digital’ rouble, home-grown credit card push
(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it plans to have a “digital” rouble capable of making international payments ready by next year and also wants …
Russian cenbank says wants rouble rate to be determined by market
(Reuters) – The Russian central bank has imposed foreign exchange controls to support liquidity but aims to preserve market pricing principles and a rouble exchange …
Analysis-Russia’s rouble rebound not quite what it seems
(Reuters) – Six weeks after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, the rouble has staged an apparently extraordinary recovery, but all is not what it seems …
Russia says rouble appreciations poses no threat to fiscal policy
(Reuters) – The recent sharp strengthening of the rouble “does not pose a risk to Russia’s fiscal policy,” the finance ministry said on Thursday. The …
Russian authorities aim at making rouble rate more predictable – Ifax
(Reuters) – The Russian finance ministry together with the central bank are working on measures to make the rouble exchange rate more predictable and less …
Ukraine asks EU, British, Japanese and U.S. central banks to ban rouble transactions
(Reuters) – The governor of Ukraine’s central bank urged the central banks of the European Union, the United States, Japan and Britain to ban transactions …
Analysis-Russia’s rouble rebound is not as real as it seems
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON – The rouble has staged a lightening-fast recovery to levels last reached in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine, defying predictions …
White House says rouble is being artificially propped up by the Russian central bank
WASHINGTON – The White House is seeing an “artificial propping up of the rouble” by the Russian central bank and by the Russian government, communications …
G7 rejects Putin’s demand for rouble payment for Russian gas – Germany
BERLIN – Energy ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations reject demands by President Vladimir Putin that “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian gas with …
German gas buyers raise the alarm over Russia’s rouble demand
By Vera Eckert, Christoph Steitz and Nina Chestney FRANKFURT/LONDON – German utilities on Thursday said their country needed an early warning system to tackle gas …
Russian demand for rouble gas payments would be breach of contract, EU leaders say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – Leaders from some European Union member states said on Thursday Russia’s demand that “unfriendly” countries use roubles to buy for …
Rouble steadies near 104 vs dollar, Russia pays Eurobond coupon
– The Russian rouble hovered around the 104 mark to the U.S. dollar most of the trading session in Moscow on Tuesday, lacking momentum for …
Russian rouble rises in low volumes, market eyes coupon payments
-The Russian rouble rose against the dollar in Moscow and offshore trading on Wednesday, although volumes remained thin and other Russian assets continued to be …
Russia rouble payment of USD coupons would be a sovereign default -Fitch
NEW YORK – Credit ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday that if Russia were to make two U.S. dollar bond coupon payments due Wednesday in …
Russian rouble drops a further 8% this week in Moscow
– The Russian rouble edged up against the dollar in thin on- and offshore trading on Friday, but ended a third week of hefty losses, …
Russian rouble ticks up in thin volumes, outlook bleak
– The rouble ticked up in both Moscow and international FX markets on Thursday after the first formal talks between Russia and Ukraine’s foreign ministers, …
Russian inflation accelerates to 9.05% as rouble slips
MOSCOW – Annual consumer inflation in Russia accelerated to 9.05% as of Feb. 25 from 8.84% a week earlier, the economy ministry said on Wednesday, …
Russian court rejects Google appeal against 7.2 billion rouble fine – Ifax
MOSCOW – A Russian court on Monday rejected an appeal by Alphabet Inc’s Google and upheld a 7.2 billion rouble ($73.39 million) fine over its …
Russian rouble yet to trade, indicated sharply lower
SYDNEY – The Russian rouble had yet to trade officially in Asia early on Monday but was quoted on dealing sites at between 98.00 to …
Rouble weakens as Ukraine, Russia-backed rebels trade shelling accusations
By Alexander Marrow and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW – The Russian rouble and stocks slipped in volatile trade on Thursday after Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces …