The Russian ruble was on the back foot again yesterday, as it weakened to its lowest level against the USD since April, trading at 72.76. Meanwhile, ClearStream announced that it stopped accepting RUB as a settlement currency from February 6th. Lastly, the Russian wealth fund announced that it would sell all of its Euro assets this year, resulting in the fund holding only yuan, rubles, and gold. The selling of EUR assets will happen within the CBR reserves, which should not result in market operations.