A strong ruble can reduce the amount of revenues to the Russian budget, said the director of the Higher School of Finance of the REU. Plekhanov Konstantin Ordov.

It will not be possible to force Norway to share windfall profits from oil and gas sales with Ukraine, said Sergei Pravosudov, director of the National Energy Institute.

The Bank of Russia denied the information that appeared in the media about the purchase of foreign currency from exporters to curb the ruble from a sharp appreciation.