What Remains of the Ruble (And Putin's Power)

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 19, 2014

The collapse of the ruble is amping up the trend of soaring consumer prices in Russia. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, and Joshua Yaffa, contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek, based in Moscow, talk about effects of the combination of the ruble crash and sanctions in Russia and how Putin's power will fare the storm.

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