RUSSIANS EXCHANGE THEIR DOLLARS FOR EUR

A&G Information Services 12-23-2003 RUSSIANS EXCHANGE THEIR DOLLARS FOR EUR ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, DEC 22, 2003 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- October hasbecome the most active month at the currency market sincethe crisis of 1998. According to the Central Bank, bankssold and purchased from the population the record, forthe last five years, quantity of currency. In OctoberRussians bought at currency exchanges and took from theiraccounts $5,5 billion of foreign currency, reads the CB'sreview. This is 1,5 times more than the year before andit is the maximum index since the ...