The 12 worst investments of 2014, #4: the Russian rouble

With Russia's Vladimir Putin locked in a war of wills with the West, the rouble's gentle decline became a crash – losing 12% in just one week.

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Vladimir Putin is locked in a war of wills with the West that has sent the roubleplunging

Decline in 2014: 46.5%

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