Putin bans the transfer of foreign currency abroad

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O presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, proibiu a transferência de moeda estrangeira ao exterior e ordenou que as empresas com atividades econômicas fora do país façam a conversão de 80% das suas receitas em rublos.

Russian President Vladimir Putin banned the transfer of foreign currency abroad and ordered companies with economic activities outside the country to convert % of your income in rubles.| Photo: EFE/ Aleksey Nikolskyi/ SPUTNIK/KREMLIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned the transfer of foreign currency abroad and ordered companies with economic activities outside the country to convert 80% of its revenues in rubles, according to a decree signed this Monday () by the representative to defend Russia from Western sanctions.

“From 28 from February, residents engaged in economic activities abroad will be required to make a mandatory sale of foreign currency in the amount of 28% of the total foreign currency credited to your accounts as part of foreign trade contracts with non-residents “, says the decree.

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The text also prohibits from Tuesday fair “foreign exchange transactions related to the supply of foreign currency by residents to non-residents” and the transfer of foreign currency to accounts opened with banks and other financial market organizations outside Russia.