Russian media pointed out that for Russians accustomed to economic crises over the three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the ruble's exchange rate is of great symbolic importance as an ...

The Russian currency has dropped precipitously in recent weeks, a drop mainly sparked by new U.S. sanctions on a major ...

Monetary policy in the ruble area Poorly designed monetary arrangements following the collapse of the Soviet Union impeded an effective monetary policy. The Gosbank disappeared, and monetary policy ...

The Soviet Union was transformed, through forced collectivization ... continued to use the Soviet ruble, and had to follow Russia's lead in January 1992 in decontrolling most retail and wholesale ...

"The lighthouse keeper <…> discovered a treasure during repairs, almost 10,000 rubles issued by the Soviet Union’s Gosbank," the statement reads. The treasure was found in a building adjacent ...

How did the Soviet Union compare economically with its allies and adversaries before and during World War II? Was Soviet economic survival under massive German attack to be expected? What was the cost ...