Russia's currency has fallen to an historic low, losing over 10% in value over the course of the week amid falling oil prices and the fallout of the Ukraine crisis.
The fall sparked panic as the euro reached the 60 rouble mark for the first time and the dollar passed 48 roubles.
The rouble then gained slightly with the market expecting the Central Bank to step in. The Russian currency has lost a quarter of its value since the beginning of the year.
The decline increased when the central bank announced it had dramatically reduced its support for the rouble to $350m a day.
In October it spent a total of $27 billion to keep the rouble afloat, the Higher School of Economics calculated this week.
The currency has been hit hard by plunging oil prices and the consequences of Western sanctions against Moscow over its role in the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's State Statistics Agency said this week that real wages in the country have decreased year-on-year in September for the first time since the 2008-09 economic crisis.
