Russia's Finance Ministry said on Monday it did not support the idea of forced foreign currency sales by domestic companies.
Russian lawmakers have proposed introducing a requirement that domestic firms with foreign currency earnings should sell a portion of them to support the ruble, which is down more than 40 percent against the dollar this year.
The Central Bank is also against the requirement.
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