The specialist noted that the dollar stopped oscillating and "reached a kind of plateau."
"Now it is trading at 80.15 rubles. And the same picture, plus or minus, persists over the past couple of days. The euro also rose slightly to 85.96 rubles – but here we see not a plateau, but rather a controlled decline," Sidorov said.
He added that in mid-May, the dollar and the euro made a breakthrough, adding three rubles each.
"I attribute that growth to fluctuations in the oil market and the ruble's attempts to somehow win back the growth of quotations for raw materials and the fall in demand due to the tightening of parallel import conditions. Now we see that a critical date for the United States is approaching - June 1 - and the issue of the debt ceiling has not been closed. This adds nervousness in the market, "the RT interlocutor explained.
He also drew attention to the fact that there is still a high probability of a recession in Europe.
"Taking all this into account, in the coming week, I believe we will see a slowdown in world currencies and quotes at 79 rubles per dollar, and 84 rubles per euro," Sidorov suggested.
Earlier, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that states dependent on the dollar should look for an alternative to this currency today.