Russian ruble isn’t having any luck as well against the dollarThe Russian ruble isn’t having any luck as well against the dollar. The exchange rate has skyrocketed in recent sessions, with the ruble down 20% so far this year against the buck. Among emerging market currencies, the ruble has seen the worst losses as of yesterday. While most riskier currencies are being upstaged by the dollar, the ruble has suffered the shorter end of the stick as Russian President Vladimir Putin locked horns with Saudi Arabia and engaged in an oil price war. Although major central banks around the world have adopted emergency rate cuts to buoy their sinking economies, Russia is expected to buck the trend. Surveys show Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina to end the series of six rate cuts. Rates are now expected to be on hold this Friday as the bank tries to avoid the further weakening of the ruble. For a few economists, however, a rate cut of at least 50-basis points is still possible in the future.