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Published on: 4 February 2015

Written by: Alexandra Surovtseva All articles by Alexandra Surovtseva

The market for iPhones in Russia is not looking as healthy as it was before the economy and the rouble took a nosedive.
Published in: oDR
The buckwheat crisis in Russia

Published on: 1 January 2015

Written by: Alexandra Surovtseva All articles by Alexandra Surovtseva

Buckwheat prices in Russian shops are soaring without any apparent reason. Russians are stocking up on this...
Published in: oDR
Putin stays

Published on: 22 December 2014

Written by: Chris Weafer All articles by Chris Weafer

The Kremlin has adopted a deliberate strategy – to let the rouble continue falling as the 'lesser of two evils'; and...
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Talking about the rouble, President Putin makes a few phone calls

Published on: 18 December 2014

Written by: Aleksandra Romanycheva All articles by Aleksandra Romanycheva

Even as the Russian rouble responds to Central Bank intervention, people are taking to the streets in search of...
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The rouble crisis in Siberia

Published on: 17 December 2014

Written by: Anna Fofanova All articles by Anna Fofanova

As the rouble collapses, residents of Tomsk have long memories — from Black Tuesday 1994 to Black Tuesday 2014.

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