OREANDA-NEWS  The leadership of the Central Bank (CB) has sharply raised the official dollar exchange rate in Russia. This is evidenced by the data published on the regulator's website.

The quotes of the American currency on Wednesday, August 5, will amount to about 81.13 rubles. For comparison, on Tuesday, the 4th, the official dollar exchange rate in Russia was 80.07 rubles. Thus, the Central Bank raised the quotes of the world reserve currency by 1.06 rubles.

The dollar exchange rate is actively growing, including in the over-the-counter market. The quotes of the world's leading currency on Forex reached a four-month high, reaching 81.11 rubles at the moment.

Analysts attribute the noticeable strengthening of the dollar to a number of factors. Investment adviser Igor Fineman explained that the weakening of the Russian currency is facilitated, among other things, by the foreign exchange interventions of the Ministry of Finance and the growing demand of citizens for dollars. Taking this into account, economist Guzel Protsenko did not rule out that the exchange rate of the world reserve currency could rise to 82 rubles in the short term.