Ukraine’s Yatsenyuk Says Russia Is Paying for Aggression

Russia’s economic crisis is a consequence of the Kremlin’s aggression in Ukraine, according to the former Soviet territory’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

“Russia already has paid and is paying the price,” Yatsenyuk said in Brussels today, as the ruble raced past 78 to the dollar and the Bank of Russia attempted to fix its economy with the largest interest-rate increase since 1998. “Look at the Russian ruble that is skyrocketing, look at the oil prices that plunged, look at Russian inflation, Russia has limited access to financial markets.”