The Russian central bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Thursday, “we are looking at forex controls to avoid deviation of rouble rate from official levels.”

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“Gold that central bank has is stored in Russia.”

“Russia has enough funds to avoid default.”

hinted at a faster rate cut, in her appearance on Monday.

On Monday, Nabiullina hinted at a faster rate cut. The Russian central bank cut its benchmark rate this month to 17%, in the face of the negative impact of the Western sanctions.