“As for the key rate, let's leave this issue to the decision of the regulator - the Central Bank,” RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying.
Earlier, the Bank of Russia raised its key rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5% per annum.
The head of the IAC "Alpari" Alexander Razuvaev, in an interview with FAN, commented on the decision of the Central Bank to raise the key rate.