OREANDA-NEWS. The Bank of Russia informs that in order to reduce regulatory risks caused by high volatility of the exchange rate by banking groups and core credit institutions, from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016 operations in five foreign currencies (US Dollar, EURO, British Pound Sterling, Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen) reported on balance sheet and off balance sheet accounts up to and including 31 December 2015 can be taken into consideration to calculate the maximum risk ratio per borrower or group of related borrowers (H6) or the maximum risk ratio per borrower or group of banking group related borrowers (H21) at the official exchange rates of foreign currencies against the ruble set by the Bank of Russia as of 1 January 2016.

Information letter No. IN-01-41/4 of 28 January 2016 will be published in the Bank of Russia Bulletin.