moscow jan 11 reuters  the russian rouble edged up to touch a oneweek high against the dollar on tuesday with geopolitics in focus during a week of highprofile meetings between moscow and the west and as investors kept one eye on developments in kazakhstan at 0735 gmt the rouble was up 02 against the dollar at 7486  after earlier hitting 7479 its strongest point since jan 4 it had gained 01 to trade at 8488 versus the euro  high commodity prices are supporting the rouble promsvyazbank analysts said in a note who expect the currency to consolidate near 745 versus the greenback russia and the united states gave no sign of narrowing their differences on ukraine and wider european security in talks in geneva on monday as moscow repeated demands that washington says it cannot accept read more as of yet there are no headlines to speak of from the usrussia meetings said bcs global markets adding that market moves were likely to be cautious as investors awaited further clarity on the geopolitical front and on the us federal reserves monetary policy with chairman jerome powell due to speak later in the day russia has further meetings scheduled this week with nato members in brussels on wednesday and with the organisation for security and cooperation in europe in vienna on thursday the russialed collective security treaty organisation csto military bloc will start withdrawing its troops from kazakhstan in two days time kazakh president kassymjomart tokayev told parliament after several days of unrest across the country read more brent crude oil  a global benchmark for russias main export was up 07 at 8146 a barrel supporting russian stock indexes the dollardenominated rts index irts was up 14 to 15878 points the roublebased moex russian index imoex was 09 higher at 37725 points