The ruble slid the most in eight weeks as the end of a tax-payment cycle curtailed demand for the local currency, leaving it vulnerable to declining oil prices and prospects for interest-rate cuts as soon as Friday.
Bloomberg: Ruble has worst day in 8 weeks as end of tax support shows risks
A man walks past a board listing foreign currency rates in comparison with the Russian ruble, outside an exchange office in Moscow on Aug. 24.
