OREANDA-NEWS Fluctuations in the dollar exchange rate are "market processes". This is how Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, spoke about the growing value of foreign currency, RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

The Kremlin representative recalled that the macroeconomic situation continues to remain calm, despite fluctuations in foreign exchange trading.

"President [Russian President Vladimir Putin] has repeatedly said that in every situation, either exporters like it or importers don't like it, or vice versa. There are always those on the market who benefit more or less from fluctuations in the ruble in one direction or another," Peskov explained.

On September 10, the Bank of Russia set the dollar exchange rate at 84.92 rubles, the euro at 99.82 rubles, and the yuan at 11.89 rubles. Since the beginning of the week, the official dollar and euro exchange rates have increased by more than three rubles. The next day, by 11:00 Moscow time, the euro reached 100.46 rubles. The dollar exchange rate rose above 86 rubles, but it had already overcome this mark the day before.

The yuan exchange rate on the Moscow Stock Exchange rose above 12 rubles for the first time since March.

As Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, noted earlier, an excessively high exchange rate of the Russian currency is unprofitable for government and business. According to him, the weakening of the ruble will help businesses and increase budget revenues — he called the ratio of 100 rubles per dollar the optimal rate.