The dollar rate increased by 33 kopecks - up to 79.21 rubles.

The euro exchange rate fell by 46 kopecks and amounted to 92.46 rubles.

Earlier, economist Vladislav Zhukovsky, a member of the Presidium of the Stolypin Club, said in an interview with the NSN that the closer the date of the US presidential election (November 3), the more the Russian currency can move to 80-82 rubles per dollar.