Pedestrians walk under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble outside an exchange office in central Moscow, on Dec. 17, 2014.
Photo by AFP
The Russian Central Bank has lopped a full percentage point off its key interest rate, bringing it down to 11.5 percent.
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