Russian Ruble

baesmart1980

A bit of a technical question.
I'm off to Russia in June. With the state of the economy, what are peoples thoughts on getting my Russian currency now.
It has tumbled against the pound recently (now at 96RUB-1£ / a few months ago 60RUB-£1).
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=RUB&view=1Y

Kernow666

personally i wouldnt get it , the company i work for we are not buying or selling it at the moment

if you can get some only get a small amount to cover your arrival etc and then use a card when you are over there

baesmart1980

I am going to have to get some at some point!
Yeah, prob right. It could get even weaker in the next 5 months I suppose.
Thanks

wallbash

I probably way out of date, but when I was there, spent mostly dollars.

baesmart1980

Apparently it's illegal to pay / charge for things in anything other than RUB now.

wallbash

baesmart1980 wrote: »

Apparently it's illegal to pay / charge for things in anything other than RUB now.

Ok as I said , it was a few years ago.

callum9999

baesmart1980 wrote: »

I am going to have to get some at some point!
Yeah, prob right. It could get even weaker in the next 5 months I suppose.
Thanks

You don't "have to" get them at any point. If you insist on getting them before you travel then that's purely your choice - a choice which is largely frowned upon on here!

sgun

I was there last July so a bit different now but... I would get some to cover your arrival and also take sterling to exchange out there. The exchange rate on the ground was far better than using the ATMs and there are exchange places everywhere busy. This was Moscow, not sure where you will be. I didn't find it particularly pricey anyway, roughly same as London.

blindman

sgun wrote: »

I was there last July so a bit different now but... I would get some to cover your arrival and also take sterling to exchange out there. The exchange rate on the ground was far better than using the ATMs and there are exchange places everywhere busy. This was Moscow, not sure where you will be. I didn't find it particularly pricey anyway, roughly same as London.

Didn't realise the tube was 30p per journey:cool:
Change a small amount to cover bus fares\metro tickets and then use a card for the rest.

callum9999

blindman wrote: »

Didn't realise the tube was 30p per journey:cool:
Change a small amount to cover bus fares\metro tickets and then use a card for the rest.

Well it says that it's about 42p per journey (at a perfect exchange rate) right now, so last year that would have been about £1 back when they were there. Not really a huge difference.