http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azB4FQj_FOLc&refer=home this is one of the most important news item around. It portends a competition for world structure and markets. The russian currency should continue to ascend similar to the euro's emergence. exciting times.
http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=USD&to=RUB&amt=1&t=5y long term bull market in russian currency.
I'm rich! Got a whole pile of worthless bills from the last trip. It was the only place I've been been where sitting at the border was a truck trailer filled with a fleet of brand new high end Land Rovers. This was 6 years ago, so I suppose they have got even richer since than.