Russia to supply Russian grain to Egypt in ruble

CAIRO – 22 January 2023: Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktoria Abramchenko said that Turkey has paid for the Russian grain in rubles and her country is studying to do a similar thing with Egypt.

Few days ago, the Russian Central Bank added the Egyptian pound to the list of its foreign currencies.

The Russian Central Bank stated that the list of foreign currencies whose price is officially set against the ruble now includes nine currencies, which are the Egyptian pound, the Emirati dirham, the Thai baht and the Indonesian rupiah, according to the Russian “Sputnik” news agency.

It added that other currencies will be included, which are: the Vietnamese dong, the Serbian dinar and the New Zealand dollar, the Georgian lari and the Qatari riyal.

The Egyptian port of Damietta received a Panama-flagged ship (OXANA V) carrying 42,000 tons of wheat coming from Russia, Sada El Balad reported.