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srose58089

(214 posts)
4. Just checked exchange rate. Now 1 dollar equals 154.9 rubles
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 01:41 PM
Mar 2022

Link for current exchange rates dollar to ruble. The calculator is in upper right corner of web page.

https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/USD-RUB-exchange-rate-history.html

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
6. What effect is the fall of the ruble having on buying power in Russia?
Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:06 PM
Mar 2022

I understand what it would mean for imports but how about food, fuel, and other daily needs?

DFW

(54,378 posts)
7. Daily life commerce was already being conducted in dollars in Moscow before the turn of the century
Tue Mar 8, 2022, 02:15 AM
Mar 2022

I can’t imagine that has changed much. Those who have only rubles are up shit creek, of course. The elite are well taken care of, naturally, but what else is new?

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