08/25/1998 07:58:07 Russia rouble slides to 7.850 to dollar

MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble came

under renewed pressure on Tuesday, quoted on the leading

Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) at a latest

bid and offer of 7.8500/7.8500 to the dollar versus a

fix of 7.1400 on Monday.

A spokesman for the MICEX earlier said the exchange

had suspended trade for 11 minutes after the rouble fell

more than five percent against the dollar, triggering

circuit breakers.