Dollar - 54, whether the government will be able to target the course, the threats of Lithuania and Kazakhstan are not for Russian investors The ruble continues to strengthen - the exchange rate of the dollar is already below 54, the euro - below 57: these are maximums since 2015. On Monday, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov for the first time officially stated that the authorities were thinking about targeting the ruble exchange rate.

The project to create a new exchange platform on the basis of the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) does not involve the relocation of Russian stock market participants to it, Kazakhstani edition Kursiv.media reported on Tuesday, citing three independent industry sources. This was confirmed to The Bell by a source familiar with the discussion of the creation of this site. In addition, according to him, access of Russian brokers to this site will also not be provided.

The ruble continues to strengthen - the exchange rate of the dollar is already below 54, the euro - below 57. On Monday, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov officially announced for the first time that the authorities are thinking about targeting the ruble exchange rate. The problem is that the government does not have working tools to reverse the course.

Russian banks massively refuse citizens to transfer money from foreign currency accounts. Their employees cannot explain the reason. The editors of Frank Media, together with analysts from Frank RG, surveyed the 20 largest credit institutions in terms of the amount of money in their accounts.

Russian authorities are arguing about what to do with the ruble, which continues to appreciate despite the easing of foreign exchange restrictions. This week, the discussion partially went public: First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov did not rule out targeting the ruble exchange rate, the idea was criticized by the Central Bank.

In connection with the sanctions, Russia has all the chances to follow the path of Iran , where the capital in the country has no alternative to the local market. But is it worth it to invest in Russian papers? We continue to study the prospects of the Russian market and companies. Recently, we told how things are going with exporters now. Now let's talk about companies oriented mainly on the domestic market. This article was written specifically for Bell. Investments. Subscribe !

Sberbank and VTB, which fell under blocking Western sanctions, have almost completely stopped transfers in foreign currencies to accounts in other Russian banks, Frank Media reports. The call centers of credit institutions recommended converting the currency into rubles, and then making the transfer. How long the stop will last, the banks could not specify.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Kaliningrad Region has published a complete list of goods that are prohibited from being transported in transit through Lithuania. As expected, the list turned out to be much broader than the authorities initially said.

Russian officials came up with a mechanism for negative rates on deposits of legal entities: interest will be charged, but the commission will be able to cover them A bill developed by the Ministry of Economic Development with the participation of the Central Bank will allow introducing de facto negative rates on deposits, writes RBC.

The medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov went at auction for $103.5 million, according to the website of the American trading house Heritage Auctions, which led the auction. This is a record amount, and by a huge margin - the previous maximum that was given for a Nobel medal was $ 4.76 million. Before the start of the auction, Muratov was asked if he was really ready to sell the medal - the journalist answered in the affirmative.