From the Daily Mail, Dec.16:
The Russian
economy is set to plunge deeper into the abyss, after a desperate
interest rate hike failed to halt a slide in the value of the battered
Russian rouble.
As
a result of plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine,
the entire Russian stock market is now worth less than the market value
of Microsoft.
However, the Russians are concerned with a more pressing crisis: they are running out of buckwheat.
Buckwheat and bling: A young Russian lady displays her wealth: furs, cash, jewels and buckwheat
Not my buckwheat! Two men in military uniforms pretend to cry over spilled buckwheat in the snow
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