“The ruble may become a dollar” if the Ukraine war continues.. Interact with a new rise of the Russian currency Thursday

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Russian ruble rose once morest the dollar in trading, Thursday, to reach 65 rubles per dollar, in a new rise following closing Wednesday at 66.1 rubles per dollar.

The new rise in the ruble price provoked an interaction among activists on social networking sites. The journalist Faisal Al-Qasim published a sarcastic tweet in which he said: “If the war continues in Ukraine and Western sanctions once morest Russia increase, every dollar may become a ruble… While European currencies collapse, the Russian currency is getting stronger day by day.” day”.

The appreciation of the ruble once morest the dollar prompted previous statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that according to the newly signed decree on natural gas trade with “unfriendly countries”, companies will need to have accounts in Russian banks and pay contracts in rubles.

This price is less than half the number that one dollar can buy in early March, when at its peak, on March 7, the ruble was trading at 135 once morest the dollar.

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