Russia's Central Bank bought forex worth 18.41 bln rubles on Feb 5

Russia’s Central Bank bought foreign currency worth 18.41 billion rubles on February 5 as it resumed its forex purchases for the state reserves, the bank said.

The Russian Finance Ministry had said it would allocate 265.8 billion rubles or an average of 15.6 billion rubles per day for FX purchases between January 15 and February 6, Interfax recalls.