Bank of Russia purchases yuan worth $16.7 mln with settlements on May 25

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · May 26, 2026 · 85 words

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What to know about Bank of Russia purchases yuan worth $16.7 mln with settlements on May 25

The Bank of Russia purchased 1.2 billion rubles worth of yuan on the domestic market on May 22 and May 25, 2026. These transactions were conducted via the yuan-ruble instrument on the Moscow Exchange.

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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What happened

The Bank of Russia purchased yuan on the domestic market with settlements on May 25, 2026, in the amount of 1.2 bln rubles ($16.76 mln), according to data published on the regulator’s website.

Why it matters

The Central Bank also purchased yuan on the domestic market in the amount of 1.2 bln rubles with settlements on May 22.

Common ground

The Bank of Russia carries out purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in 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 yuan on the domestic market with settlements on May 25, 2026, in the amount of 1.2 bln rubles ($16.76 mln), according to data published on the regulator’s website.”

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The claim is supported by one specific web search result that mirrors the claim's wording exactly. No other independent sources corroborate this specific transaction date and amount.

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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 Central Bank also purchased yuan on the domestic market in the amount of 1.2 bln rubles with settlements on May 22.”

SINGLE SOURCE

One web search result mentions the Bank of Russia purchased yuan worth 1.2 billion rubles, though it doesn't explicitly link it to May 22 in the snippet provided (it mentions May 18, 2026, as the report date). No other independent sources confirm this specific transaction for May 22.

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Claim 3: “The Bank of Russia carries out purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the yuan-ruble instrument.”

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Multiple cross-references from TASS confirm that the Bank of Russia conducts purchase and sale operations in the yuan-ruble instrument on the Moscow Exchange. This is further supported by the Wikipedia entry for the Moscow Exchange describing its foreign exchange market operations.

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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 — 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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