Last week the demand of Russian citizens for foreign currency has increased by several times. About it on January 28, reports the newspaper "Vedomosti". So, in "VTB 24" reported that the purchase of a $ and Euro since January 20, has grown in 4 times. In the economic company "Open" said demand for key SLE has increased in 3 times. The Bank indicated that the implementation of population $ only 27 January 3.5 times higher than the daily average characteristics for 2 weeks, and the demand for euros increased by 50 percent. Sberbank, the main economic organization of the Russian Federation also reported that in the final days of the individuals increasingly began to buy up foreign currency, however stressed that the sudden surge is not observed. In Alfa-Bank recorded an increase in the number of operations by the number of cash withdrawals in euros. PSB has reported that the number of contributions in foreign hard currencies has increased over the past 2 weeks, and the demand for cash dollars increased by 40 percent. Since the beginning of the year, the ruble has significantly weakened against the dollar and the Euro. On the Moscow stock exchange on January 23, the dollar exchange rate exceeded the level of 34 rubles, and after a day the Euro rate has punched a mark in 46 rubles. on 27 January the dollar in the process of monetary bidding price rose to 34,86 ruble and Euro has renewed historical record, reaching 47,72 ruble. After currency interventions, undertaken by the Central Bank, main courses currency retreated from highs. As explained on January 27, the head of the Ministry of economic development Alexey Ulyukaev, the weakening of the Russian SLE is considered a "working time" and fits in with the global trend, typical of developing countries. Besides, the Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina explained that the current turmoil course not due to the fact that the rouble is weakening, and the fact that the Euro and the dollar strengthened relative to the currencies of developing States.