The ruble has appreciated 38% against the US dollar, the most of any currency.

The currency's strength presents risks to Russia's war-fueled budget. With government spending heavily inflated by military expenditures in early 2025, the ruble's appreciation undermines revenues ...

A finance official says Russia wants to be financially independent and aims to launch its stablecoins to fight sanctions.

Stocks in Russia's markets and the ruble, the country's currency, are strengthening amid engagements between Moscow and Washington regarding potential peace talks for the war in Ukraine.

TASS/. Two months after the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) introduced a multi-currency system over Kiev’s economic blockade, the Russian ruble took up 85% of money supply ...

Russia’s ruble has surged to become the best performing global currency, posting this year’s strongest gains against the U.S. dollar to outpace even the traditional safe haven of gold.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ruble fell to its weakest value ever against the U.S. dollar. WSJ's Dion Rabouin explains what’s driving the currency’s slump and what it could mean ...

With the purchasing power of the Russian ruble hitting ... if needed because "the regime needs money for the war now, not in some abstract future." "In modern Russian realities, the key interest ...

Russia's ruble is the top-performing currency of 2025 relative to the US dollar. Greenback weakness and Russian interest rates have strengthened the ruble. But a stronger currency could weigh on ...