Sunday, February 15, 2004

When I arrived in Russia on March 23, 1997, one dollar got 5711 Roubles. Today it would get 28.45 Roubles.

Did they adjust the rate at some point, or did the Russian economy pick up a fuckload of steam? Both are perfectly possible, as I've never been one to pay much attention to economic news.

EDIT: I now know that the Rouble was devalued on August 17th, 1998. I also know sod-all about what that meant. Help?

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