MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. The Bank of Russia has set the official dollar exchange rate at 82.5892 rubles for April 17, 2025, which is 29 kopecks higher than the previous indicator.

Russia pushes for a ruble-pegged stablecoin after USDT freeze, aiming to reduce reliance on the US dollar in crypto trade.

Russia should develop its own stablecoins pegged to other currencies after Russia-linked digital wallets holding the popular USDT stablecoin were blocked last month, a senior Finance Ministry official ...

The Central Bank said last June that it would fix official dollar and euro rates against the ruble on the basis of reports of banks on results of transactions in the over-the-counter currency market ...

A vast coin collection, much of which was buried underground for more than 50 years, is expected to fetch in excess of $100 million at auction, according to experts. The Traveller Collection ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

The ancient gold coin, Aureus, minted in 4th Century AD. Credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc / CC BY-SA 3.0 Police in Russia and federal security agents have recovered a rare collection of ancient ...

LONDON-For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the signing of the first partial ceasefire agreement between his country and Ukraine could not have been better timed. The terms of the agreement are ...

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Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Servicemen of the 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops at a front line, in the Kherson region ...

The deal was limited, and it was not clear when or how it would start. The Kremlin also demanded some Western sanctions be lifted first. By Constant Méheut and Ivan Nechepurenko Constant Méheut ...