The Russian ruble remains relatively stable against foreign currencies. On the eve of "wooden" for 41 kopecks sank to the euro, but strengthened to the dollar at 12 cents. At the close of yesterday's trading session on the Moscow stock exchange $ 1 was worth 57.16 rubles, 1 euro - 71.15 rubles. On the eve of oil prices fell during the day, and after them the ruble also became cheaper, but by the end of the auction both black gold and the Russian currency won back losses. The ruble was supported by a weakening dollar and continued strong demand for federal loan bonds. On the other hand, the peak of tax payments passed, when exporting companies actively bought the ruble in the domestic market to pay the Treasury, VAT and excise taxes. Therefore, now the ruble will again strengthen its relationship with oil prices, believes Alpari analyst Vladislav Antonov. The unpleasant political news of yesterday - the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from different countries - will certainly affect the ruble exchange rate. Yesterday's sharp rise in the euro can be explained by this circumstance. Experts believe that these events will lead to a weakening of the "Russian", at least in the morning trading session. However, there will be no global collapse of the ruble. "I do not think that the ruble will go against politics.

Moreover, at the end of March large currency sales by players were expected within the tax period. And in general, the market is ruled by speculators. Of course, they played on this news. But in the next day or two everything should calm down, "- said in an interview with" Rossiyskaya Gazeta "Professor of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Boris Kheifets. A possible exchange rate surge will have a purely emotional character. The market will not like the diplomatic scandal and the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West. However, so far there has been no talk of strengthening the sanctions, and such a decision by Western countries will not have economic consequences. The stronger the ruble will be affected by both oil prices and domestic macroeconomic stability, he said. Political factors will try to use for their own purposes only speculators who play on any minor fluctuations.

However, the diplomatic scandal will cost without serious economic consequences. On Monday, March 26, it was announced that 14 EU countries, as well as the United States and Ukraine, decided to expel Russian diplomats in connection with the Salisbury incident. There, at the beginning of the month, former colonel GRU Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned. The largest number of diplomatic employees of the Russian Federation is expelled by the US - 60 people.