Russian ruble

Restrictions have effectively led to Russia increasing its sovereignty, the president has said © Getty Images / mzabarovsky Western countries are…

This has helped strengthen the ruble by around 10% against major currencies in the past two months © Getty Images /…

The currency has been rallying due to increased sales of foreign earnings by exporters © Getty Images / Savushkin The Russian…

The vast majority of settlements with Tajikistan are now made in the Russian currency, according to the president © Getty Images…

95% of trade between the countries is now settled in their national currencies, according to Andrey Belousov ©  Getty Images…

The ruble has been bolstered by a recent key rate hike and increased sales of foreign earnings by exporters © Getty…

Recovering oil exports have boosted cash inflows, data shows ©  Getty Images/Irina Tiumentseva Russia’s current account surplus has increased sharply,…

The Russian currency has been bolstered by capital control measures introduced by the government © Getty Images / Diy13 The Russian…

The decision followed a complaint that the design omitted a cross on top of the former Kazan Kremlin cathedral Enlarged…

The ruble and yuan make up 95% of Moscow’s trade with Beijing, Maksim Reshetnikov says ©  Getty Images / jroballo…