“Based on the price of Urals oil at about $80 per barrel and production of 10-10.5 million barrels per day, foreign exchange interventions can range from $3 billion to $3.5 billion monthly.
According to Otkritie Research, the launch of interventions could lead to a weakening of the ruble by 7-10% relative to established levels, ”he said in an interview with the Prime agency.
A sharper depreciation of the ruble is possible in the event of a recession in the global economy, which will lead to a fall in prices by about 50%, Shulgin said.
“In addition, the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia must actually be effective, or something must happen in the geopolitical plane so that we again see figures close to 100 rubles per dollar,” he stressed.
Earlier, a specialist in the political development and cultural traditions of Asia, Professor Alexei Maslov, in an interview with the FAN, called the yuan a good alternative for trade with a number of countries.