The economist Igor Alekseevich Nikolaev called the main risk for a ruble collapse

Reduction of export is a major factor which can influence weakening of a course of the Russian national currency in long-term prospect. The opinion was expressed by Igor Alekseevich Nikolaev, the chief researcher IE RAN. In conversation with Russian information company "URA.Ru" it emphasized that decrease in export or its stagnation can make negative impact on a ruble exchange rate. Even if export remains at the level of stagnation, and import will increase, it also can cause pressure upon ruble. Igor Alekseevich Nikolaev emphasized that, despite influence of other factors, a ruble exchange rate is formed, finally, under...