Russia: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Russia shows historical data for the Russian Roubles per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Russian Roubles per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Russia become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Russia.

The series for Russia are available from March 2002 to June 2025. For that period, the average exchange rate for Russia was 48.6897 Russian Roubles per USD with a minimum of 23.3526 Russian Roubles per USD in July 2008 and a maximum of 109.7567 Russian Roubles per USD in March 2022. The most recent available data point is 78.6856 Russian Roubles per USD, a change of -2.34% from the previous data point of 80.5689 Russian Roubles per USD and a change of -10.74% from a year ago when the level was 88.1555 Russian Roubles per USD.

Currency values in Russia and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.