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• n  the basic unit of money in Russia

• Hamilton had won a 12,000 rouble first prize in an international competition for the proposed Palace of the Soviets, to be erected in Moscow on the site of the many domed .
• On 20 January, Lukashenko met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the two agreed steps towards deeper integration, including Belarus's adoption of the Russian rouble as its .
• German politicians, however, will not admit that it is this colossal manufacture of new currency that is causing the mark to seek the levels of the worthless Russian rouble.

• ruble

News & Articles

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• This Man Could Be Russia's Next Leader
  He helped put Russia's economy back on track after the 1998 rouble crisis, and analysts say he's the "only man" that could disagree with President Vladimir Putin over the economy, making him possibly Russia's next prime minister.
  June 20, 2013 - CNBC
• Is This Man Russia's Next Leader?
  Alexei Kudrin is widely tipped to be Russia's next prime minister. The only trouble is, he might not want the job.
  June 20, 2013 - CNBC
• Russia doesn't need fiscal, monetary stimulus - IMF
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia does not need to administer further stimulus, nor should it devalue the rouble, as the economy is running close to capacity, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. "There ...
  June 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in Reuters
  The reserves that we have accumulated have given us room for manoeuvre, they allow us to preserve macroeconomic stability and therefore they will help us prevent a surge in inflation and a sharp change in the rouble rate,Putin said.
• Marshall Goldman in Reuters
  The prosperity we see is very dependent on oil prices. In the long run that stifles any attempt to build up other industry. It means a strong rouble, making imports very attractive, which undermines attempts to build up domestic industry,said...
• Alexei Kudrin in Reuters
  We paid for the stability,Kudrin told the Duma lower house of parliament on Wednesday. "The central bank is carrying out a mild widening of the rouble corridor. This is normal, this will allow us to keep the exchange rate stable and to...