All five of the world's worst-performing currencies so far this year are post-Soviet ones -- and that list doesn't include the Russian ruble. The reasons for the sharp currency devaluations differ between countries, but there is a common underlying problem: Russia's economic crisis and aggressive policies. As long as post-Soviet countries -- including ones that are not particularly friendly toward Moscow -- are still economically intertwined, cascading crises of this sort are inevitable.
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