A day after the ruble suffered its largest one-day drop since the financial crisis in 1998, the Moscow Times went out onto the streets of Moscow and asked passersby whether they were concerned.
While the exchange rates on the board behind them continued to grow on Wednesday, some Russians appeared unfazed by the decline, others spoke of reduced incomes and having to change holiday plans and one woman appeared to put most of her hopes in the hands of... Father Frost.
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