Russia to stay out of 'currency wars'

Russia will stay out of any "currency wars" between states seeking to boost exports, the central bank said Wednesday, amid growing concern over moves by top economies to devalue their currencies. "The Russian Central Bank is not participating in 'currency wars'; we are a peaceful organisation and are calling out for peace to all our colleagues," the bank's vice president Alexei Ulyukayev said in an Interfax report.
"This is a game you cannot win but one you can definitely lose on a global scale," he added. According to Ulyukayev, regulators should think of supporting and defending the floating exchange rate regime and reject all forms of protectionism. Fears of a global "currency war," first denounced by Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega, were discussed by the 187-nation International Monetary Fund at a meeting in Washington last week.