A Russian national flag flies above the headquarters of Bank Rossii, Russia’s central bank, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The ruble gained for a fifth day as Chinese economic data improved and a Russian proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons eased concern over a U.S. strike, boosting investor appetite for riskier assets. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg ©Bloomberg The Bank of Russia pressed ahead with fully floating the rouble on Monday, a move that helped the currency to stabilise on the foreign exchange market as the central bank showed its determination to deter investors from betting against it. The central bank abandoned the dual-currency trading band with which it had so far calculated the nominal exchange rate and ended a policy of daily foreign exchange interventions to prop up the rouble. More On this story Editorial Rouble dive exposes Putin miscalculation Rouble’s wobbles worry Putin’s Kremlin […]