Russia's ruble drops to 3-year low against dollar
(AP)
European Business News
AP - Russia's ruble fell to a three-year low against the dollar Friday after the Central Bank allowed a third sharp drop in the currency in five days as the government continues to feel the heat of the global meltdown.
Source: Yahoo! News: Business - European Economy
Russian Ruble vs. US Dollar (Hover)
Medvedev Pushes Ruble Reserve Currency to Cut Dollar Dominance:
Russia wants the ruble to be one of the world's reserve currencies as President Dmitry Medvedev renews his push to reduce the dollar's dominance and make Moscow a global financial hub. Ref. Source 5
"Russia Could Ditch Dollar In 2-3 Years";
"Two to three years is enough, not only to launch [settlements in rubles], but also to complete these mechanisms," Says Andrey Kostin, head of Russia's second-biggest bank VTB, noting that the possibility of the US and EU widening sanctions to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global money transfer system would become "A point of no return" Making any further dialog impossible. Ref. Source 4
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Well Putin did it again new interest rates are to go high double digits. If Russia people were not poor enough this should put them all living in a card board box.
I am sure we will the the ruble drop even more now.
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