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How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever
The weaker currency has hit consumers hard but helped oil producers
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the freeing of the ruble for the first time in its post-Soviet history.
In five charts, we show how the central bank's decision to stop depleting international reserves to prop up the currency has upended every facet of the Russian economy, from decimating wages to enriching oil exporters.