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MOSCOW, Aug 23 Reuters The Russian rouble firmed slightly on Tuesday after initially easing beyond 60 against the dollar, while shares in leading internet firm Yandex outperformed the market after the company said it was selling some assets to statecontrolled rival VK.

At 0810 GMT, the rouble was 0.1 stronger against the dollar at 59.80 after hitting 60.41 as it headed away from a near fourweek high of 57.70 it reached on Friday.

Against the euro, the rouble gained 0.1 to 59.40 as the European currency dropped to a fresh twodecade trough against the greenback.

Alfa Bank said in a note that the rouble was poised to advance as the endofmonth tax period approached.

Monthend tax payments usually prompt exportfocused companies to convert their foreign currency revenues to meet local liabilities.

Yeartodate, the rouble has become the world39;s bestperforming currency as a result of capital controls that Russia has imposed to mitigate financial stability risks.

Rouble volatility has subsided after wild swings that saw it hit a record low of 121.53 to the dollar on the Moscow Exchange in March soon after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. It then rallied to a sevenyear peak of 50.01 in June.

On the stock market, the dollardenominated RTS index rose 0.9 to 1,184.6 points. The roublebased MOEX Russian index was 1 higher at 2,249.7…