The ruble is settling in a range where the Bank of Russia purchased foreign currency in 2015, but this time policy makers are looking the other way.
https://www.ft.com/content/cc25c11a-dbd2-11e6-9d7c-be108f1c1dce
http://www.svoboda.org/a/28239215.html
https://republic.ru/posts/78607
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/01/17_a_10479377.shtml
http://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2017/01/17/587cea4c9a7947d87011b861
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3194832
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3194975