At the Moscow Exchange, the dollar at the beginning of the trading session (at 10.00 Moscow time) reached the level of 90 rubles, and the European currency - more than 100 rubles.

Thus, the dollar rose by 8.4%. The euro indicators are slightly higher than those of the US currency - + 8.8%. The dollar and euro exchange rates reached the upper limits of the Moscow exchange currency corridor on February 28.

Earlier, Bloomberg noted that the dollar exchange rate on the morning of February 28 in the Forex market reached 113.5 rubles, the euro exchange rate - 127 rubles.

Prior to this, the agency reported that the United States is considering imposing sanctions against the Bank of Russia.

On February 26, the United States imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Also, restrictive measures were introduced against the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defense, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov. The imposition of sanctions means the blocking of all assets in US jurisdiction and a ban on transactions with these persons for Americans.

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