Rouble drops to pre-1998 crisis low
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-20 07:59
A man walks past a currency exchange center, advertising exchange rates for the rouble against the US dollar and the euro in Moscow on Dec 15, 2008. Bloomberg News |
The rouble fell below the weakest level seen in the 1998 Russian crisis after the central bank devalued for the sixth time in seven days to protect reserves.
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