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During the Russian Economic Forum, in April, deputy head of the Central Bank of Russia, Alexei Ulyukayev, who is in charge of Russia’s monetary policy, spoke to The Banker about the bank’s strategy.Q Will the CBR target inflation as well as the exchange rate this year? A The CBR has never publicly said it would target the exchange rates.
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In the mid-term we can only influence the nominal exchange rates, but in fact the real rate depends on the functioning of the economy.

Now we are making it a bit more concrete and clear that the only target is inflation. We include an estimate of possible rouble appreciation in our monetary policy documents, but it is only an opinion and not an obligation.

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