MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin denied Moscow would be isolated internationally over the Ukraine crisis and said Russia's economy would not be the only one to suffer from Western sanctions and falls in oil prices and the ruble.
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Currency exchange board shows rates in central Moscow on September 15, 2014. The Russian ruble fell to a historic low 38.04 against the US dollar after the West imposed fresh sanctions over Ukraine.