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<blockquote data-quote="Doublestandards" data-source="post: 6106176" data-attributes="member: 110123">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://kyivindependent.com/ruble-outperforms-dollar-gold-amid-trump-trade-war-ukraine-peace-hopes/[/URL]“The Russian ruble has posted the world&#039;s strongest gains against the U.S. dollar in 2025, surpassing traditional safe-haven assets like gold, Bloomberg reported on April 15.According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/ruble-surges-as-best-performing-global-currency-outpacing-gold?embedded-checkout=true&amp;sref=cus85deZ" target="_blank">Bloomberg&#039;s</a> calculations, the ruble has appreciated by 38% against the dollar in the over-the-counter market since the start of the year, outpacing gold&#039;s 23% rise. The surge comes amid a combination of domestic policy measures, a weakening dollar driven by U.S. President Donald Trump&#039;s new <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/how-trumps-tariffs-will-impact-ukraine/" target="_blank">trade war</a>, and renewed speculation about a potential <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/tag/peace-negotiations/" target="_blank">peace deal</a> in Ukraine.”What a strange coincidence</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doublestandards, post: 6106176, member: 110123"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://kyivindependent.com/ruble-outperforms-dollar-gold-amid-trump-trade-war-ukraine-peace-hopes/[/URL] “ The Russian ruble has posted the world's strongest gains against the U.S. dollar in 2025, surpassing traditional safe-haven assets like gold, Bloomberg reported on April 15. According to [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/ruble-surges-as-best-performing-global-currency-outpacing-gold?embedded-checkout=true&sref=cus85deZ']Bloomberg's[/URL] calculations, the ruble has appreciated by 38% against the dollar in the over-the-counter market since the start of the year, outpacing gold's 23% rise. The surge comes amid a combination of domestic policy measures, a weakening dollar driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's new [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/how-trumps-tariffs-will-impact-ukraine/']trade war[/URL], and renewed speculation about a potential [URL='https://kyivindependent.com/tag/peace-negotiations/']peace deal[/URL] in Ukraine.” What a strange coincidence [/QUOTE]

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