https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWRuKZD_FBo/alexandra-prokopenko RSS for Node Thu, 14 May 2026 12:08:41 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-17/a-sickly-ruble-reveals-russian-economic-weakness-that-vladimir-putin-will-not https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-17/a-sickly-ruble-reveals-russian-economic-weakness-that-vladimir-putin-will-not Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:00:13 GMT TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on Crimean Bridge attack via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 17, 2023. The Kremlin on July 17, 2023 said it was exiting a major agreement to facilitate Ukraine grain exports hours after drones struck the only bridge connecting Russia's mainland to the annexed Crimea peninsula. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) / Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik (Photo by ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)