Moscow is stepping up efforts to ease a chronic shortage of dollars that is exacerbating a slide in the rouble and threatens to make it harder for Russian companies to refinance external debt.
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Financial Times: Moscow boosts efforts to ease shortage of dollars
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Russia's finance ministry plans to start auctioning foreign currency this month and will allow banks to hold a total of $3bn for at least a month.
