Bank of Russia buys $16.64 mln worth of yuan with May 29 settlements

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 01, 2026 · 81 words

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What to know about Bank of Russia buys $16.64 mln worth of yuan with May 29 settlements

The Bank of Russia purchased 1.2 billion rubles worth of yuan on the domestic market for settlements dated May 28 and May 29, 2026. These transactions were conducted via the Moscow Exchange's currency section using the yuan-ruble instrument.

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What happened

The Bank of Russia purchased 1.2 bln rubles ($16.64 mln) worth of yuan on the domestic market with settlements dated May 29, 2026, according to data published on the regulator’s website.

Why it matters

The volume of foreign currency purchases on the domestic market with settlements dated May 28 also amounted to 1.2 bln rubles.

Common ground

The Bank of Russia conducts foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the Moscow Exchange’s currency section using the yuan-ruble instrument.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Bank of Russia purchased 1.2 bln rubles ($16.64 mln) worth of yuan on the domestic market with settlements dated May 29, 2026”

SINGLE SOURCE

The claim is explicitly supported by a LinkedIn post dated June 2, 2026, which mentions the purchase of $16.64 mln worth of yuan with May 29 settlements. However, this is the only source providing this specific data point; other web and Wikipedia results are general and do not corroborate the specific transaction amount or date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Russian: Центральный банк Российской Федерации), commonly known as the Bank of Russia (Russian: Банк России) or CB (Russian: ЦБ), also called the Central Ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian bank can refer to: Category:Banks of Russia List of banks in Russia Central Bank of Russia Russian bank (card game), a game for two players
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bank

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Bank of the Russian Empire (Russian: Государственный банк Российской Империи) was the dominant financial institution of the Russian Empire from its founding in 1860 until the Empire's end in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Bank_of_the_Russian_Empi…

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Claim 2: “The volume of foreign currency purchases on the domestic market with settlements dated May 28 also amounted to 1.2 bln rubles.”

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The LinkedIn source mentioned in the evidence for Claim 0 also references that the volume of foreign currency purchases for May 28 amounted to 1.2 bln rubles. No other independent sources in the provided evidence confirm this specific figure for that date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Public JSC Sberbank is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. As the Russian successor entity of the State Labor Savings Banks System of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sberbank

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Claim 3: “The Bank of Russia conducts foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the Moscow Exchange’s currency section using the yuan-ruble instrument.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is explicitly stated in two separate cross-references from TASS. Additionally, Wikipedia confirms that the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) operates the foreign exchange market in Russia, providing the structural context for these operations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — T-Bank (Russian: Т-Банк), formerly known as Tinkoff Bank is a Russian commercial bank based in Moscow and founded by Oleg Tinkov in 2006. Up until 2024, the bank did not have branches and was consider…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bank

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Moscow Exchange (MOEX; Russian: Московская биржа, romanized: Moskovskaya birzha, IPA: [mɐˈskofskəjə ˈbʲirʐə]) is the largest exchange in Russia, operating trading markets in equities, bonds, deriv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Exchange

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow

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