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Zachary Karabell: How the ruble crash could strengthen Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin toasts with ambassadors in the Alexander Hall after a ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Nov. 19.
The ruble is crashing, but the Russian government isn't going to any time soon. Ironically, it might even make Vladimir Putin stronger.