MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble was little

changed against the dollar on Wednesday ahead of the release of

April inflation data in the United States.

By 1015 GMT the rouble was 0.04% higher at

91.26 to the dollar.

Against the euro, the rouble rose 0.15%

to 98.80, while it was unchanged at 12.61 against the yuan

.

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's

main export, rose 0.17% to $82.52 a barrel.

Russian stock indexes were slightly higher. The

dollar-denominated RTS index rose 0.3% to 1,198.22,

while the rouble-based MOEX Russian index gained 0.2%

to 3,470.48.

($1= 91.2775 roubles)