Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for August 20 to 85.13 rubles

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 19, 2026 · 55 words

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What to know about Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for August 20 to 85.13 rubles

The Bank of Russia has announced the official exchange rates for the US dollar, euro, and yuan for August 20, 2026. The report provides the specific rates and the amount by which each currency increased or decreased compared to the previous rate.

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What happened

The Bank of Russia set the official US dollar exchange rate for August 20, 2026, at 85.1293 rubles, down 3.52 kopecks from the previous rate.

Why it matters

The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 18.55 kopecks to 98.5457 rubles.

Common ground

The official yuan exchange rate was raised by 0.61 kopecks to 12.6301 rubles.

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Claim 1: “The Bank of Russia set the official US dollar exchange rate for August 20, 2026, at 85.1293 rubles”

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The provided web search snippets mention 'Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for August 20 to 85.13...', which closely aligns with the claim of 85.1293. However, the snippets are fragments of the same story or very similar reports, and no second independent organization is clearly identified as confirming this specific numerical value for the date August 20, 2026.

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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 widely referred to as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)…
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Claim 2: “The official yuan exchange rate was raised by 0.61 kopecks to 12.6301 rubles”

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None of the provided evidence snippets mention the yuan exchange rate or the specific value of 12.6301 rubles.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian financial crisis (also called the ruble crisis or the Russian flu) began in Russia on 17 August 1998. It resulted in the Russian government and the Russian Central Bank devaluing the ruble…
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Claim 3: “down 3.52 kopecks from the previous rate”

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The provided evidence snippets for claim 1 do not contain any mention of a '3.52 kopecks' decrease. The snippets discuss the euro rate or unrelated topics like the US Open and Bin Laden.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 US Open was the 146th edition of tennis' US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Ce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_US_Open_(tennis)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" is a President's Daily Brief prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency that was given to U.S. president George W. Bush on Monday, August 6, 2001. The brief war…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open (stylized in all lowercase), is a hardcourt tennis tournament organized by the United States Tennis Association annually in Queens, New Yo…
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Claim 4: “The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 18.55 kopecks to 98.5457 rubles”

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Two separate web search snippets explicitly state: 'The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 18.55 kopecks to 98.5457 rubles.'

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