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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Russia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine war

A customer hands over rouble banknotes and coins to a vendor at a market in Omsk
The finance minister hinted Moscow would let the rouble slide as the rate is ‘very favourable for exporters’. Photograph: Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

Russia’s rouble has plunged to its lowest rate against the dollar since the early weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the wake of new western sanctions and growing geopolitical tensions.

The rouble on Wednesday hit 110 against the dollar for the first time since 16 March 2022. Before launching its war on Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian currency traded at around 75-80 against the US dollar.

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