Central Bank: Individuals’ net foreign currency purchases rose to 103 billion rubles in October
According to the Central Bank of Russia, net foreign currency purchases by individuals rose for the second consecutive month in October, reaching 103 billion rubles.
MOSCOW, November 10. According to the Central Bank of Russia, net foreign currency purchases by individuals rose for the second consecutive month in October, reaching 103 billion rubles.
This is stated in the Bank of Russia’s Financial Market Risk Review. The document notes that, based on October’s results, the figure exceeded September’s 91.4 billion rubles and surpassed the 12-month average of 80.7 billion rubles.
The Central Bank notes that from the beginning of the year through the end of October, Russian citizens bought a total of 771 billion rubles’ worth of foreign currency.
For comparison, in the same period of 2024 this figure was 1.062 trillion rubles, and in the same period of 2025 it was 918 billion rubles.
Source: TASS