Most of Russia's indicators of economic health have plummeted this year. Inflation last month was at its highest level in three years, capital outflow this year is expected to exceed $100 billion, the ruble has lost almost 20 percent of its value since January, and economic growth is anaemic, with some experts predicting that Russia will be in recession by 2015.
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A woman walks under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble, outside an exchange office in central Moscow, on October 13, 2014.
