The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, stepping away from near five-year highs against the euro, after the central bank eased some capital controls that were the main driver of its strength in the past few weeks. The rouble has become the world’s best-performing currency this year despite a full-scale economic crisis, although this is because of artificial support from controls that Russia imposed to shield its financial sector in late February after it sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. At 0741 GMT, the rouble was 0.7% weaker at 63.89 against the dollar , moving away from the 62.6250 level reached on Friday, its strongest since early February 2020. Against the euro, the rouble fell […]