WARSAW - The former Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe are warily watching neighboring Russia’s economic struggles, girding for drops in exports and tourism but confident, in the short term at least, that the ruble’s fall will not carry their currencies with it.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: Russia’s neighbors in Europe warily watch ruble crisis
A man speaks on his mobile phone under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an exchange office in central Moscow, on Dec. 17, 2014.