Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Pavel Trunin Author-Name-First: Pavel Author-Name-Last: Trunin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Sergey Narkevich Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Narkevich Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Prospects for the Russian Ruble to Become Regional Reserve Currency Abstract: 2007-2009 global financial crisis demonstrated that financial markets of major countries can be subject to the large scale system shocks. One of the manifestations of the crisis was the slump of the global trade and significant capital outflow from the emerging markets. This papers deals with the issue of the Russian ruble becoming a regional reserve currency. Length: 102 pages Creation-Date: 2013 Revision-Date: 2015 Classification-JEL: E42, E44, E58, F31, F33, F36, F42, F55, G15 Keywords: Russian economy, financial crisis, reserve currency, regional reserve currency, Russian ruble File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/118Trunin.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2015 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:118