OREANDA-NEWS  The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation forecasts the volume of lost oil and gas revenues in January at the level of 54.5 billion rubles. In this regard, the Central Bank will resume operations with foreign currency in the domestic market. From January 13 to February 6, the equivalent of 3.2 billion rubles will be sold daily in the Chinese yuan— ruble instrument.

At the same time, the Ministry of Finance notes that there are risks of reducing the actual volumes of gas exports in comparison with the forecast values. "The volume of receipts from the export duty on gas may be formed in a smaller volume, which will be taken into account in the adjustment in the coming months," the ministry said in a statement.

The ruble exchange rate has sharply strengthened against the background of the decision of the Ministry of Finance. The value of the dollar after the news appeared decreased from 69.55 rubles to 68.5 rubles by 12:30. Later, the exchange rate was adjusted to 68.9 rubles. By the previous trading day, the dollar fell by 90 kopecks.