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In addition, the near-term fate of certain developing-world currencies is relying heavily on movements in ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIS Will Pay Oil, Gas Bill in Rubles - Kommersant</title><link>http://www.kommersant.com/p-13571/r_500/ruble_hydrocarbon_sales/</link><guid>http://www.kommersant.com/p-13571/r_500/ruble_hydrocarbon_sales/371</guid><description>Heads of national banks and finance ministers from the CIS countries will discuss the use of the ruble to settle accounts with Russia for energy deliveries . Currently, payments are made in dollars, which are then converted into rubles in Russia. The ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UPDATE: Russia Officials Scant On Details Of Ruble Management - FXStreet.com</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=803e6201-9264-457b-96f8-00de3755a114</link><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=803e6201-9264-457b-96f8-00de3755a114372</guid><description>MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia's monetary authorities provided little insight Wednesday on how they will continue to manage the ruble as the global financial crisis deepens and pressure on the battling currency mounts. Central Bank Chairman Sergei ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia spent $57.5 bln in Sept-Oct to back ruble - Seattle Times</title><link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008409460_apeurussiafinancialcrisis.html</link><guid>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008409460_apeurussiafinancialcrisis.html373</guid><description>Russia spent $57.5 billion from its foreign currency reserves in September and October to support the declining ruble during the financial crisis, the Central Bank chief revealed Wednesday. Russia spent $57.5 billion from its foreign currency ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia spent $57.5 billion in Sept-Oct to support ruble - Baltimore Sun</title><link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov19,0,2892018.story</link><guid>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov19,0,2892018.story374</guid><description>MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia spent $57.5 billion from its foreign currency reserves in September and October to support the declining ruble during the financial crisis, the Central Bank chief revealed Wednesday. 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OAO ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia spent $57.5 billion in Sept-Oct to support ruble - Newsday</title><link>http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov19,0,4124562.story</link><guid>http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov19,0,4124562.story376</guid><description>MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia spent $57.5 billion from its foreign currency reserves in September and October to support the declining ruble during the financial crisis, the Central Bank chief revealed Wednesday. In addition to fluctuations in currency ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RSS Advertising</title><link>http://www.fwicki.com</link><guid>http://www.fwicki.com/8</guid><description>&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:45:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ruble May Fall 13% Versus Basket on Oil, Survey Shows (Update1) - Bloomberg</title><link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&amp;sid=aR_rE_uKvhts&amp;refer=currency</link><guid>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083&amp;sid=aR_rE_uKvhts&amp;refer=currency378</guid><description>Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The ruble may weaken 13 percent by the end of next year as the plunging price of oil and the erosion of Russia's current-account surplus compels the central bank to devalue the currency, a survey of analysts and investors ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin tries to allay economic worries</title><link>http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/500345.html</link><guid>http://www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/500345.html379</guid><description>In a nationally televised display of unruffled resolve, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin vowed Thursday to protect an increasingly anxious country from a return to economic chaos.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:27:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA - "Bye Bye BILLIONAIRES"</title><link>http://desertlocalnews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&amp;smenu=1&amp;twindow=&amp;mad=&amp;sdetail=5155&amp;wpage=1&amp;skeyword=&amp;sidate=&amp;ccat=&amp;ccatm=&amp;restate=&amp;restatus=&amp;reoption=&amp;retype=&amp;repmin=&amp;repmax=&amp;rebed=&amp;rebath=&amp;subname=&amp;pform=&amp;sc=1423&amp;hn=desertlocalnews&amp;he=.com</link><guid>http://desertlocalnews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&amp;smenu=1&amp;twindow=&amp;mad=&amp;sdetail=5155&amp;wpage=1&amp;skeyword=&amp;sidate=&amp;ccat=&amp;ccatm=&amp;restate=&amp;restatus=&amp;reoption=&amp;retype=&amp;repmin=&amp;repmax=&amp;rebed=&amp;rebath=&amp;subname=&amp;pform=&amp;sc=1423&amp;hn=desertlocalnews&amp;he=.com380</guid><description>Front Page RUSSIA - "Bye Bye BILLIONAIRES" By Anthony Dawson 20.NOV.08 RUSSIA is now lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted today, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under ...</description><category>Vladimir Putin</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia Suffers Plunging Reserves as Ruble Struggles (Update3) - Bloomberg</title><link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aNMj9nRQ7sZY&amp;refer=home</link><guid>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aNMj9nRQ7sZY&amp;refer=home381</guid><description>Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's foreign-exchange reserves are draining fast and may take almost a decade of economic stability with them. Russia's international reserves , the third-biggest after China's and Japan's, have fallen $122.7 billion, or 21 ... </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin promises to protect an anxious Russia's economy</title><link>http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/11/21/putin_promises_to_protect_an_anxious_russias_economy/</link><guid>http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/11/21/putin_promises_to_protect_an_anxious_russias_economy/740</guid><description>In a nationally televised show of unruffled resolve, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin vowed yesterday to protect an increasingly anxious country from a return to economic chaos.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:54:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin grabs spotlight, vows Russia will thrive - Monterey County Herald</title><link>http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_11030662</link><guid>http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_11030662741</guid><description>Russian Prime Minister and chairman of the United Russia ruling party Vladimir Putin, front, gestures as he addresses the tenth United Russia Party Congress in Moscow, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Russia's Prime Minister Putin on Wednesday said that ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RSS Advertising</title><link>http://www.fwicki.com</link><guid>http://www.fwicki.com/15</guid><description>&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:45:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russian monetary base down $250 mln in week to $159.8 bln</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/business/20081121/118442902.html</link><guid>http://en.rian.ru/business/20081121/118442902.html743</guid><description>Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply was 4 trillion 409.7 billion rubles as of November 17, down 6.9 billion rubles since November 10.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:57:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US dollar spikes up to 1-week high versus Russian ruble - RTT News</title><link>http://www.rttnews.com/Content/CurrencyMarket.aspx?Node=b3&amp;Id=781874</link><guid>http://www.rttnews.com/Content/CurrencyMarket.aspx?Node=b3&amp;Id=781874744</guid><description>(RTTNews) - Against the Russian ruble, the US currency spiked up in early trading on Thursday. The dollar climbed to a 1-week high of 27.5990 at about 3:30 am ET versus the ruble from yesterday's North American session close of 27.5660. Thereafter ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin vows to protect Russian economy</title><link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6124196.html</link><guid>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6124196.html745</guid><description>In a nationally televised show of unruffled resolve, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to protect an increasingly anxious country from a return to economic chaos.</description><category>Vladimir Putin</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin outlines new measures, vows Russia will thrive</title><link>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-11/21/content_7228071.htm</link><guid>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-11/21/content_7228071.htm746</guid><description>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined a number of new measures to combat the financial crisis at the 10th annual congress of his United Russia party Thursday.</description><category>Vladimir Putin</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:42:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Putin grabs center stage at party meeting, declares Russia will thrive ...  - Baltimore Sun</title><link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov20,0,2433258.story</link><guid>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap-eu-russia-financial-crisisnov20,0,2433258.story747</guid><description>MOSCOW (AP) _ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin used a meeting of his powerful political party to take center stage Thursday, casting himself as an indispensable leader even as the global financial meltdown threatens the achievements of his boom ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>$57 Bln Spent on Ruble in 2 Months</title><link>http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?story_id=27667&amp;action_id=2</link><guid>http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?story_id=27667&amp;action_id=2748</guid><description>The government offered the State Duma a breakdown Wednesday of how it is coping with the financial crisis, a report that was welcomed by investors even though not much of the news was positive.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:38:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ruble Drops in Week as Crude Decline Spurs Bets on Devaluation - Bloomberg</title><link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095&amp;sid=akwpNogoHpIU&amp;refer=east_europe</link><guid>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095&amp;sid=akwpNogoHpIU&amp;refer=east_europe749</guid><description>Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The ruble fell for a second week against the dollar and the euro as the price of crude oil, Russia's biggest export earner, slid toward $40 a barrel, stoking speculation the central bank will be forced to let the currency ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rssn deputy premier promises accurate monetary, lending policies.</title><link>http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13295193&amp;PageNum=0</link><guid>http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13295193&amp;PageNum=0750</guid><description>Russian government will conduct accurate monetary and lending policies without any radical changes or surprise decisions, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told reporters Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:16:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RSS Advertising</title><link>http://www.fwicki.com</link><guid>http://www.fwicki.com/24</guid><description>&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"&gt;
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&lt;/table&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:45:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenback Falls Versus Russian Ruble - RTT News</title><link>http://www.rttnews.com/Content/CurrencyMarket.aspx?Node=b3&amp;Id=782899</link><guid>http://www.rttnews.com/Content/CurrencyMarket.aspx?Node=b3&amp;Id=782899752</guid><description>(RTTNews) - Against the Russian ruble, the US dollar ticked down and touched a 2-day low of 27.4435 by about 8:30 am ET on Friday. At present, the greenback is trading at 27.48, compared to Thursday's New York session's close of 27.5400. If the ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Russia: Bully No More?</title><link>http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav112008b.shtml</link><guid>http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav112008b.shtml753</guid><description>Hubris has been a source of woe for many powers throughout history. Just in the last decade, hubris induced the United States to get bogged down in Iraq, and now it looks like it's pushing Russia into a ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World</title><link>http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1121/p07s01-nbgn.html</link><guid>http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1121/p07s01-nbgn.html754</guid><description>The UN Security Council voted Thursday to impose sanctions on anyone contributing to violence and instability in Somalia.</description><category>US Military,Vladimir Putin,US Air Force</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:56:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Economic Prognosis - Kommersant</title><link>http://www.kommersant.com/p898103/economic_prognosis/</link><guid>http://www.kommersant.com/p898103/economic_prognosis/755</guid><description>It?s June and, as always, time for a new economic prognosis for the month. The following questions will be examined: what will happen with the dollar?s exchange rate to the ruble, what will the inflation rate be on the Russian consumer market ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wanted</title><link>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts/2008/11/21/372545.htm</link><guid>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts/2008/11/21/372545.htm756</guid><description>Karen Oganesyan makes a modern Russian noir film with a sense of humor. Comedic Disaster The calamitous love life of an ambulance dispatcher centers new farce ""03."" columns... In the Spotlight On Sunday, the ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>As ruble drops, Russians fear run on banks</title><link>http://www.thestate.com/world/story/596887.html?RSS=untracked</link><guid>http://www.thestate.com/world/story/596887.html?RSS=untracked757</guid><description>From behind the thick glass window at a money exchange in downtown Moscow, Anna Golovachova is well-positioned to watch the fall of the ruble, and to contemplate the consequences if it keeps falling.</description><category>Vladimir Putin</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:48:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>