Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
Besides, there are suprisingly few people working for oil and gas industry in Russia and I don't think the slowdown of the US's economy would seriously impact their well-being.
Have you had a chance to notice the other consequence of the less oil export - less taxes to the Russian Government?

Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
It's not much of a choice. I can't save in gold or anything else, because if I want to buy something from abroad I must buy dollars first.
You're saying you won't be able to close balances with other freely converted currency or the currency of the importer country exchanged as per the current market price?