Russian central bank reacts to tighter US sanctions

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The Bank of Russia suspended some trading of rubles against dollars and euros on the country’s largest foreign exchange market after the US tightened sanctions.

The Russian central bank announced the move on June 12, suspending trading of deliverable instruments on the Moscow Exchange in the two currencies. The next day, the Bank of Russia announced it would calculate the ruble’s exchange rate using data from the interbank market.

The move follows a significant tightening in the US government’s

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