Russia's credit rating was cut to the lowest investment grade by Fitch Ratings after plummeting oil prices and the conflict over Ukraine triggered the worst currency crisis since the country's 1998 default.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg: Russia cut to one step above junk by Fitch on oil, sanctions
Pro-Russian rebels patrol their sector of Eastern Ukraine near the town of Yenakiyevo, east of Donetsk, on Dec. 31, 2014.
