If it matters at all in this context, just before the crisis started the ruble : dollar exchange rate was about 28 : 1, then it quickly jumped to 35 : 1, and now it's back down to about 28 : 1 again.
--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> From: Marv Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Dollar slide accelerating
> To: "LBO-Talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 7:28 AM
> Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as
> Banks Shift Reserves
> By Ye Xie and Anchalee Worrachate
>