There's a France-24 video which I sat through this morning (3 March production) which talks of the regular guy on the streets of Russia, and I'd call it 'everything is going to hell' video.
So there's this one curious thing which I didn't realize.
There's a strong attachment of Russia's fame/fortune that leads over to Uzbekistan (12-percent), Kyrgyzstan (28-percent), and Tajikistan (30-percent) and is a segment of their GDP. If Russia warps up to North Korea-status, then all three suffer in a significant and immediate way. It's not just Russia failing....those three fail as well.
So I looked up the Tajikistan Somoni. A year ago....one Somoni would buy 6.5 Rubles. Today, the Somoni would buy you 10.94 Rubles. Yeah, it's almost doubled. A Russian buying anything Tajikistan related? Presently, I doubt it.
The Kyrgyzstan Som? A year ago, one Som would buy you around .86 Rubles. Today, The Som buys you 1.27 Rubles.
The Uzbekistan Som? A year ago, one Uzbekistan Som would buy you .007 Rubles. Today, it's .01 Rubles.
Between inflation in these three 'stan' countries....and this Russian Ruble mess....public frustration will mount over the coming weeks. If you had Rubles....you'd want to dump them, and if you were paid in Rubles....you'd likely tell the customer to use some other currency to make the deal complete.
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