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Russia's VTB says U.S. sanctions are behind rouble's fall By Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia's third largest lender Gazprombank, which handles the energy trade, are behind the rouble's free fall in recent days, a top executive from VTB, Russia's second largest bank, said on Wednesday. "My assumption is that the sanctions against Gazprombank have had a significant impact, as it has ceased to be a channel for delivering foreign currency to the Moscow Exchange," Dmitry Pyanov told reporters. Pyanov added that stabilisati ...Read More >