The dollar exceeded 64 rubles for the first time since June 19, according to data from the Moscow Exchange. The euro also rose in price against the ruble: for the first time since July 25, it exceeded 74 rubles.

At 12.29 Moscow time, the dollar was worth 64.01 rubles. (+52 kopecks), euro – 74.24 rubles. (+59 kopecks).

The official dollar and euro exchange rates, set by the Central Bank of Russia on August 9, increased . The Central Bank set the official dollar exchange rate at 63.6 rubles/$ (+5 kopecks), the euro – 73.82 rubles/euro (+26 kopecks).

According to Interfax-CEA experts, the ruble is declining amid news of new US sanctions against Russia. Last week, a group of senators introduced a bill to that effect in Congress. On Wednesday, the Kommersant newspaper published details of this document. According to the publication, it contains a ban on transactions with new issues of Russian debt securities with a circulation period of more than two weeks.

In addition, the ruble could be affected by oil prices, the growth of which has stopped.

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The dollar exceeded 64 rubles for the first time since mid-June