Banknotes and coins. Archive photo MOSCOW, January 6 The ruble continued to decline in pairs with the dollar and the euro, the European currency rose above 87 rubles for the first time since August 27, the dollar jumped above 77 rubles — for the first time since April 21, 2021, follows from the data Moscow Exchange.
The euro rate by calculations «tomorrow» 7.27 Moscow time grew by 59 kopecks — 87.41 rubles, the dollar rate — by 47 kopecks — 77.27 rubles.
At the same time, the March futures on Brent crude oil is reduced by 1.36 percent — to 79.7 dollars per barrel.
As expert Sergei Drozdov noted earlier in a comment to RIA Novosti, pressure on ruble assets increased after the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev asked for help from the CSTO. Also, in the morning, declining oil quotes have been playing against the Russian currency. Another factor is the expectations of investors for a meeting between the heads of Russia and the United States, which is scheduled for January 10.
On January 5, amid protests from residents, Tokayev dismissed the government and ordered to introduce state regulation of prices for liquefied gas and petrol for six months. He also announced that he was becoming the head of the Security Council, which was previously headed by the first president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and announced new measures to resolve the situation. At a meeting of the Security Council, the president said that he had asked the CSTO for help «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The organization's Collective Security Council soon decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan for a limited time. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan online & gt; & gt; 
The expert predicted the growth of the dollar due to the situation in Kazakhstan