Expert predicted the ruble exchange rate this week

Until the end of January, the dollar quotes are expected to fluctuate within Br95-100, euro - within Br99-104, yuan - at Br13.10-13.70, said the head of the department of research and investment strategies of Alfa-Forex, Spartak Sobolev. He told "Izvestia" on January 28.
The Russian Central Bank set the rate of the U.S. currency at 97.1 rubles on January 28, the European currency - 102.7 rubles, the Chinese currency - 13.3 rubles. In addition, according to Mosbirzhi, the yuan is trading at 13.4 rubles on January 28.
"Market participants are expecting the start of the negotiation process between the new US administration and the Russian leadership, temporarily ignoring the coming negative consequences from the imposition of Western sanctions on the energy sector of the economy," Sobolev summarized.
Earlier, on January 23, Alina Poptsova, stock market analyst at Alfa Capital Management Company, gave a forecast for the strengthening of the ruble exchange rate in a conversation with Izvestia. According to her, one of the reasons for the short-term strengthening of the ruble exchange rate, the analyst named the period of tax and dividend payments, for which large companies sell foreign currency. At the same time, she specified that the high demand for ruble liquidity will support the exchange rate of the Russian currency.