MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) - Russian exporters cut their
sales of foreign currency during the first days of April,
contributing to a significant weakening in the value of the
Russian rouble in recent days, the central bank said on Monday.
The bank also said it had seen a significant jump in
interest in the Chinese yuan - which is challenging the U.S.
dollar as the most important foreign currency in Russia - with
Russians buying 41.9 billion roubles worth of yuan in March, up
from 11.6 billion during February.
(Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya; Writing by Jake Cordell;
Editing by Jan Harvey)
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