AdvertisementRussia Heads Toward Recession, With No Relief In SightDecember 03, 2014Corey FlintofffacebookEmailPedestrians walk past a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble in Moscow on Wednesday. The ruble was trading at about 35 to the U.S. dollar this summer. Now it's more than 50 rubles to the dollar and the currency has been hitting record lows recently. (AFP/Getty Images)