You can’t actually trade rubles anywhere. Russia has gone from a relatively liberal currency with normal interest rates to one of the strictest currency control

You can’t actually trade rubles anywhere. Russia has gone from a relatively liberal currency with normal interest rates to one of the strictest currency control regimes in the world and 20% interest rates. Russia is bankrupting itself to prop that number up and if they let up for even a week the currency flight would crater the exchange rate.