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Sorry for replying to my own post, but this is good. Full marks to the central bank of Russia - they've got it back up to one cent. How much it has cost Russia, who knows? https://www.xe.com/en-gb/currencycharts/?from=RUB&to=USD&view=12H

This could be something or could be nothing. We've seen that the central bank of Russia has been supporting the ruble to be above 1 cent. But in today's graph, the ruble fell below one cent at 13.00, and at the time of writing, 14:06, there has been no discernible rise in its value, indicating...

Sky News digest - a few points: Trump Jnr kicking off. Big step to WW3, danger, provocation etc - various Russians. Freezing conflict along current lines unacceptable - Peskov. Some ambiguity from France over deployment of missiles - may be deliberate...

Multiple drones shot down on outskirts of Moscow, mayor claims. - Kyiv Independent.

If we do end up putting troops in, I hope the French are put in charge of the catering.

I predict trading will be suspended. Signing off again.

Moscow exchange MOEX opens at 7 am. Signing off.

Perhaps we can soon have the German Taurus as well for a full set.

Le Figaro says France and UK have authorised Scalp and Stormshadow missiles on Russian targets.

This one:

Looking at usual data source - too much to post. Georgia Warsaw Reuters: ATACMS strikes planned in the coming days

Aim high. This is now a very real, existential war. It will likely get much more brutal. I believe that, from Kursk, Moscow is within range. I could be wrong.

If so, that would also be a strategic mistake by Putin.

Sometimes, you can look back (with the benefit of hindsight), and conclude that, yes, that was a turning point. With the passage of time, we may look back at today, a day on which Russia unleashed a brutal multiple missile and drone attack on civilian targets in Ukraine, raising a finger at...

What we need now is love sweet love for Russian investors to sell their rubles tomorrow as soon as the market opens, and create an unstoppable crash.

This is excellent. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to put this together. This is just the kind of thing this thread could do with, as there is obviously a dearth of reliable economic data coming out of Russia. (And if there were, we wouldn't know what to do with it anyway).

I forgot to mention that the US have only sent 10% of the promised weaponry. So that means that the potential withdrawal of US aid is not so daunting for Ukraine as it might have been, and Trump may not have the leverage to twist Zelensky's arm as he might have done.

I agree. I would have expected better from the BBC. They know Russia distorts reality. Indeed, they've got a whole department called 'BBC Verify' to verify incoming news items. Perhaps they also need to use that department to validate and proof read their own output.

I liked the observation about Trump, who says everything to futureproof himself against changing his mind. That would explain the mixed messages I wrote about a week or two ago. Then there was the point about the Russian Black Sea oil export terminals. The reason they are still operating is...