Convert 1 RUB to EUR

The Russian Ruble to Euro exchange rate is influenced by CBR interest rates, oil and gas prices, sanctions, and geopolitical developments, as well as ECB interest rate decisions, Eurozone inflation, GDP growth, and political stability across member states. Both the Central Bank of Russia and European Central Bank (ECB) play crucial roles in determining the relative strength of these currencies.

The Russian ruble used to be one of the more interesting EM currencies to trade.. it was a classic oil play where you could basically express a Brent crude view through USDRUB and it worked pretty well. Then 2022 happened and everything changed. Western sanctions cut Russia off from SWIFT froze central bank reserves and basically made the ruble untradeable for most international participants. The Central Bank of Russia brought in capital controls jacked rates up to mental levels and managed to stabilise the currency domestically but the offshore market is essentially dead. Most major forex brokers suspended ruble pairs and liquidity disappeared. The onshore rate and whatever offshore rate you can find diverge massively at times and theres no reliable price discovery anymore. Even before the sanctions the ruble was always volatile and sensitive to oil prices political risk and the general mood around Russia. Now its in a category of its own really. If youre looking at this from a trading perspective theres honestly not much you can do with it through normal channels anymore. A cautionary tale about geopolitical risk if nothing else.. what was once a liquid EM currency became basically untouchable overnight.

The euro is the big one.. second most traded currency on the planet and EURUSD is THE most traded pair in all of forex by a massive margin. Something like a quarter of all forex volume goes through this single pair so liquidity is never an issue. The European Central Bank in Frankfurt runs the show and their policy decisions can move markets in a huge way.. Draghis "whatever it takes" moment back in 2012 basically saved the eurozone. The tricky thing about the euro is youre dealing with about 20 different economies all sharing one currency so theres always some tension between whats good for Germany versus whats good for Italy or Spain. That creates opportunities though because the EUR tends to underreact to good news and overreact to bad news from the periphery. EURUSD is the bread and butter for most forex traders but EURGBP EURJPY and EURCHF are all proper liquid too. Spreads are razor thin on the major pairs which is lovely. One thing to know is the euro tends to trade as a bit of a funding currency these days given how low ECB rates were for so long. Absolute staple of any trading portfolio.