Trouble brewing in Kazakhstan?
Very interesting read.
The Russian ruble continues to plunge to new record lows, hitting 48 to the U.S. dollar, 59.4 to the euro, and more than 76 to the pound in trading this morning on the Moscow Exchange.
The ruble has lost about 25 percent of its value this year against the dollar and the euro despite regular intervention by the Russian Central Bank. But central bankers decided on Wednesday to limit their intervention to $350 million per day.
Barring any major development, that ends the live blogging for today.
Update from our news desk:
Kyiv has accused Russia of a fresh military buildup on its border with Ukraine.
The Security Council said on November 6 that 60 unmarked armored vehicles, including 50 T-64 tanks, were moved to a town close to the border in the Rostov region of Russia.
The Ukrainian government also refuted allegations from pro-Russian separatists that they had launched a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, with military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov saying they were abiding by the September 5 cease-fire agreement.
Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said the Ukrainian military had conducted a "massive mortar attack" on Donetsk's Kirovsky district.
And the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin discussed the "deterioration of the situation" in eastern Ukraine with security chiefs following "repeated violations" of the cease-fire by Ukraine's armed forces.