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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Russian ruble is now the top-performing currency in the world against the US dollar this quarter.

This is an economic phenomenon that usually grabs a lot of attention, but it requires a closer look to understand what's really going on behind the headlines.

When the Russian ruble shows such significant gains against the dollar, it's typically not due to traditional free market forces (like an organic increase in global confidence in the Russian economy), but rather a set of **artificial control mechanisms and very specific geopolitical factors** implemented by Moscow.

Here are the three main reasons explaining this behavior:

* **Extreme capital controls:** The Central Bank of Russia often imposes strict restrictions that prevent citizens and foreign companies from freely withdrawing foreign currency or selling their assets in rubles. By "locking" the outflow of money, they abruptly halt devaluation.

* **Obligation to liquidate foreign currency:** Russia mandates its large exporting companies (mainly in oil and gas) to convert a very high percentage of their foreign earnings (dollars and yuan) directly into rubles. This creates massive and constant internal demand for the local currency.

* **Altered trade balance:** Due to international sanctions, Russian imports have plummeted (they're buying less from abroad, hence spending fewer dollars), while strong cash flows continue from energy sales to alternative markets like China and India.

> **The "showcase effect":** In financial slang, many analysts believe the ruble operates under a "manipulated" or lab-type exchange rate. While the official chart shows stellar performance, for an average citizen or international investor, it's extremely difficult to buy or sell rubles at the prices dictated by the official boards.

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🇷🇺 Russia's Finance Ministry plans to gather investor bids on May 28 for a new 10-year issuance of government bonds denominated in Chinese yuan.
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🚨 Russian technology firm T-Technologies is reportedly planning a supplementary issuance of shares to consolidate its subsidiary, Tochka, in December 2026, according to a conference call announcement.
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📰 Russian banks are set to tighten control over the sources of funds when clients deposit large amounts of cash. This move follows recommendations from the Bank of Russia, as detailed in a recent release.
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📉 Russian stock market's perpetual decline signifies a continuous upside, indicating a consistently bullish trend, analysts say.
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🔍🇷🇺 Russia's Central Bank just upped its profit outlook for local banks in 2026, projecting gains between 3.4 and 3.9 trillion rubles.
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🚨 The Russian Ministry of Defense has delivered nuclear munitions to Belarus for conducting exercises, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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🇷🇺 Deposit insurance coverage in Russian banks is gearing up from 1.4 million rubles to 2 million rubles. This tweak will hit certain ruble deposits, specifically long-term holds from individuals over three years and deposits backed by irrevocable savings certificates for one to three years, as stated by the Ministry of Finance. For the nitty-gritty, check out their website.
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💥 Russian stocks saw significant gains today, with GAZP, NVTK, and ROSN all experiencing a 10% increase. This aligns with the expectations many had for the day's market performance.
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🚨 Ushakov confirmed that Witkoff and Kushner will visit Russia in the coming weeks. Ushakov noted that Witkoff has repeatedly expressed a desire to come to Moscow.
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🇷🇺 New bond index calculation bases will go live on the Moscow Exchange starting June 1, 2026, according to a release.
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🇷🇺 The Ministry of Finance has successfully dropped OFZ 26228, raking in 73.43 billion rubles with a demand of 109.28 billion rubles. The average yield came in at 13.92% annually.
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❗️🇨🇳🇷🇺 President Putin and President xi have concluded their talks. Putin mentioned he still has several important issues to discuss with Xi.
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❗️Chinese President has announced that Sino-Russian relations have reached a new level. Xi emphasized that China and Russia are considered a model of a new type of relationship.
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🇷🇺 The Ministry of Finance has launched OFZ 26252 bonds valued at 101 billion rubles, with demand hitting 145.13 billion rubles. The average yield stands at 14.64% per annum. mt в max
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🚨 Samolet, the Russian construction and development company, has announced it will not pay out dividends for the year 2025. This decision was confirmed during the General Shareholders' Meeting held on June 23.
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📰 Russian pharmaceutical company Pharmsynthez is set to make a decision on dividends for the year 2025 on May 26.
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🇷🇺 The Bank of Russia is likely to play it safe, possibly slicing the rate by 0.25% in June, as per Alfa-Bank.
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🚨 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on the reported Ukrainian drone attack targeting the St. Petersburg area during the opening of the St.

Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), stating that Russia's "special military operation" is aimed at preventing such attacks.

Peskov also emphasized that Russia will continue to deliver what he described as "systemic responses" to attacks on Russian territory.

Source: Dmitry Peskov's remarks to Russian media during SPIEF.

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