6 Charts That Illustrate Vladimir Putin's World of Pain
The value of the ruble is tumbling right along with oil prices.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, on December 1, 2014 in Ankara during his official one-day visit to Turkey. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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It's not a good time to be Vladimir Putin.
Faced with collapsing oil prices and sanctions from the west, the Russian economy is on the verge of going into recession. The ruble is collapsing, inflation is spiking, and the Russian Central Bank is depleting its reserves of foreign currency, limiting its ability to prop up its own currency.