“The volatility of the exchange rate, of course, takes place, it's hard not to notice it.
But at the same time, the very recent and long-standing past shows us that this volatility is bilateral - and after the periods when the ruble loses its strength, then there come periods when it restores this strength, "Peskov said.
As of 13:34 Moscow time, the dollar rate rose by 52 kopecks to 78.73 rubles, the euro rate increased by 87 kopecks to 91.80 rubles.
Earlier, an economist and lecturer at the RANEPA under the President of Russia Vladislav Ginko commented in an interview with RT on the growth of the dollar rate to 79 rubles.