Moscow braces for rouble to crash at least 25% as new sanctions hit
by Andrew Roth from on (#5WJK3)
Russian currency expected to plunge in first day's trading since Swift ban and ECB says state-owned Sberbank subsidiaries are set to collapse
Moscow is bracing for economic panic when markets open on Monday morning, with the value of the rouble expected to plummet at least 25% after the US and European Union announced unprecedented sanctions over the weekend.
Those measures targeted the Russian central bank, which has intervened to prop up the value of the rouble following Vladimir Putin's order to invade Ukraine. They also marked the first time Russian banks have been excluded from the Swift international payments system.
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