: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Rouble Crisis Could Shake Putin’s Grip on Power


Russia failed to halt the collapse of the rouble on Tuesday, leaving President Vladimir Putin facing a full-blown currency crisis that could weaken his iron grip on power.

A 6.5 percentage point interest rate rise to 17 percent overnight failed to prevent the currency hitting record lows in a “perfect storm” of low oil prices, looming recession and Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

Putin has blamed the rouble’s crash on speculators and the West, while a presidential spokesman on Tuesday attributed the market turbulence to “emotions and a speculative mood.”

The rouble lost 11 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, its steepest …read more

Source: Voice of America

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