According to Belyaev, the situation, including in Kazakhstan, could affect the exchange rate.

He noted that when such news appears, "the rate is trying to enter the defensive assets, which are the dollar and the euro."

At the same time, the economist noted that at the moment there are no "fundamental conditions" for the depreciation of the ruble against the dollar.

Market factors prevail here, the interlocutor of RT believes.

“It is not worth considering this as some kind of long-term tendency of the weakening of the ruble,” the specialist emphasized.

Earlier, TASS reported that during trading on the Moscow Exchange, the euro rate exceeded 86 rubles for the first time since September 21, and the dollar rate for the first time since April 22 rose above 76 rubles.