Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said on RTVI that the US and NATO are not ready to meet Russia halfway on security guarantees. After that, the Moscow exchange index fell by more than 2%.
As of 16:22 Moscow time, the dollar rose by 0.80 rubles and reached 75.5 rubles, while the euro rose by 1.16 rubles, to 86.6 rubles.
By 18:08 Moscow time, the euro rose to 87 rubles. The dollar exchange rate exceeded 76 rubles.
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Moscow Exchange Index
The market of Russian securities also shows the fall. The Moscow Exchange index after Ryabkov's statement fell by 2.23% to the level of 3744 points.
According to Interfax, the shares of Norilsk Nickel (-4.8%), Surgutneftegaz (-4%), VTB (-3%), NOVATEK (-2.8%), Aeroflot ( -2.6%), Gazprom (-2.2%), Rosneft (-2%), Magnit (-2%), LUKOIL (-1.8%), Yandex (-1.7%) and other companies. At the same time, shares of MMK (+0.8%), Tatneft (+0.1%), Inter RAO (+0.1%), Polyus (+0.1%) went up. .
The growth of the dollar coincided with the statement by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov that the United States and its allies said «no» to Russia on key security proposals. According to Ryabkov, the United States and NATO are “under no circumstances ready to meet our key demands” on non-expansion of the alliance and curtailment of its infrastructure.
He added that on some issues the United States is ready to continue discussions, but “this secondary to the same non-expansion of NATO.
, I don’t see meeting again and starting these same discussions,” Ryabkov said.