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Russian Ruble
RUBRussia · Issued by Bank of Russia
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+8.43%
10y M2 change
+216%
M69 Score
48.0
Sanctions; capital controls
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2020
M2 (local currency)
75.28T RUB
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+8.43%
World Bank · annual
Country
Russia
ISO 4217 · RUB
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Russian Ruble M2 money supply
Broad money in RUB (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Russian Ruble inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Russia. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Russian Ruble be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 RUB in 2001 buys today
2.06 RUBworth of goods
Lost 98% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
4,853.82 RUB
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:04:31
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- RUS
Note: Sanctions; capital controls
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/RUB
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Russian Ruble?+
The Russian Ruble (RUB) is issued by Bank of Russia. As the monetary authority for Russia, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Russian Ruble?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Russian Ruble: 8.43% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Russian Ruble been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 216% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between RUB as accounting unit and RUB as a store of value.
Is the Russian Ruble sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Russian Ruble currently scores 48.0. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Russian Ruble compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.