Who bought dollars ahead of ruble downfall?
8:45, — Economics The National Bank sharply devaluated the Belarusian ruble on January 2. At the same time, a paradoxical situation could be seen at the stock exchange at the end of December. For example, a mysterious cataclysm was noticed at foreign trades of the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange on December 23 – proposal for sale of US dollars was USD17.338 million, exceeding the demand 5.8-fold, AFN reports. At the same time information was spread at internet-forums about mass buyup of dollars at foreign stock exchange. Taking into account collapse of the Belarusian ruble and sharp growth of the dollars rate in Belarus, someone got huge money by this operation. The Charter97 press center asked famous experts to comment on this information: Observer of Belorusy i Rynok newspaper Kanstantin Skuratovich noted it was very possible those who had known about the coming devaluation were buying the foreign currency. According to him, such operations are conducted by informed people eve
