The ruble fell for the first time in three days, extending the worst selloff this year among emerging markets, as oil slid and the US and UK joined the European Union in threatening to tighten sanctions over Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg Businessweek: Ruble slides first day in three on new sanctions woes
Men talk under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an exchange office in central Moscow, on Nov. 6, 2014.
