Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for May 20 to 71.29 rubles

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · May 19, 2026 · 59 words

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What to know about Bank of Russia lowers dollar exchange rate for May 20 to 71.29 rubles

The Bank of Russia has announced the official exchange rates for the US dollar, euro, and Chinese yuan for May 20, 2026. All three currencies saw a decrease in value relative to the ruble compared to the previous figures.

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What happened

The Bank of Russia set the official dollar exchange rate for May 20, 2026, at 71.2926 rubles, down 1 ruble 5.71 kopecks from the previous figure.

Why it matters

The official euro exchange rate was lowered by 1 ruble 28.71 kopecks to 82.7871 rubles.

Common ground

The regulator lowered the official yuan exchange rate by 17.34 kopecks to 10.4545 rubles.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 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 official euro exchange rate was lowered by 1 ruble 28.71 kopecks to 82.7871 rubles”

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The evidence provided consists of general marketing pages for Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and U.S. Bank. There is no mention of the Bank of Russia or the EUR/RUB exchange rate for May 20, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — What would you like the power to do? At Bank of America, our purpose is to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
https://www.bankofamerica.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Committed to the financial health of our customers and communities. Explore bank accounts, loans, mortgages, investing, credit cards & banking services»
https://www.wellsfargo.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Experience personalized banking services for your unique needs with U.S. Bank - Checking, credit cards, home loans & convenient online banking. Member FDIC.
https://www.usbank.com/index.html

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Claim 2: “The Bank of Russia set the official dollar exchange rate for May 20, 2026, at 71.2926 rubles”

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The provided web search results mention the Bank of Russia and exchange rates for May 2026, but none of the snippets contain the specific rate of 71.2926 rubles for May 20, 2026. One result mentions rates from 09.05.2026, but the specific value for the 20th is missing.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian Ruble. US Dollar. 1 RUB.Our currency converter shows how much 1 Russian Rubles are in the US Dollars (1 ₽ to $). As of today, 1 RUB equals 0.01333821 USD. The Russian Ruble and the US Dollar i…
https://myfin.us/currency-converter/rub-usd/1

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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has set from 09.05.2026 the following exchange rates of foreign currencies against the ruble without assuming any liability to buy or sell foreign currency a…
https://cbr.ru/eng/currency_base/daily/

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web search NEUTRAL — USD/RUB - US Dollar Russian Ruble.Investing.com. May 07, 2026. Russia’s economic contraction may spur key rate cuts, analysts say.
https://www.investing.com/currencies/usd-rub

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Claim 3: “The regulator lowered the official yuan exchange rate by 17.34 kopecks to 10.4545 rubles”

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While the evidence contains currency converters and general RUB/CNY rate information for May 2026, none of the sources specify the rate of 10.4545 rubles or a decrease of 0.1734 rubles for May 20, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Convert Russian Ruble to Chinese Yuan Renminbi. Rate information of RUB/CNY currency pair.Savings are calculated by comparing the exchange rate including margins and fees provided by each bank and Xe …
https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=…

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the current Russian Ruble Chinese Yuan rate and access to our RUB CNY converter, charts, historical data, news, and more.
https://www.investing.com/currencies/rub-CNY

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web search NEUTRAL — TWD. 20.76.Search for more BOC Exchange Rates.
https://www.bankofchina.com/sourcedb/whpj/enindex_1619.html

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Claim 4: “down 1 ruble 5.71 kopecks from the previous figure”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'official' and does not contain any financial data or exchange rate figures to verify the decrease of 1.0571 rubles.

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web search NEUTRAL — An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official

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web search NEUTRAL — OFFICIAL definition: 1. relating to a position of responsibility: 2. agreed to or arranged by people in positions of…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/official

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of OFFICIAL is one who holds or is invested with an office : officer. How to use official in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/official

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