“We have drastically reduced imports.
The role of the currency has become less.
We have reduced the motivation of people to buy dollars, because few people today can afford to travel to dollar-denominated countries.
The dollar simply became unnecessary, ”the interlocutor of RT explained the trend.
According to him, the strengthening of the ruble and the fall of the dollar are “a positive trend, although Russia forms a budget depending on the dollar in terms of energy resources.”
“If foreign exchange support drops sharply, this is not a very good maneuver for the budget.
It seems to me that today the most favorable value of the dollar for the economy and the population would be in the range of 77-83 rubles, ”the economist specified.
Earlier it became known that the dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange fell to 71 rubles for the first time since April 8.