Senators and deputies have developed a bill under which the Bank of Russia could ban foreign currency and stock transactions. This has been reported electronic database State Duma of the Russian Federation.
It was noted that Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, said that this bill will allow the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to limit transactions for certain market participants for up to six months and will also impose a ban on certain market participants. transactions made in currency.
Previously reportedIt was stated that the Bank of Russia plans to continue foreign exchange transactions related to the replenishment and use of funds from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) from January 2024.
Before that, BCS World of Investments stock market expert Dmitry Babin statedHe said the end of the tax period on November 28 could put significant pressure on the ruble exchange rate. However, Babin believes that the overall situation of the ruble exchange rate is good. He explained that this was facilitated by relatively high oil prices, as well as the strict policy of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on the key interest rate policy, which reduced the demand for imports.
Russians before decreased sharply volume of money transfers abroad.