jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
been reports of surveilance between top executives at the car giant nissan. mariko oi has the story for us from our asia business hub in singapore. lovely to see you. of course this is interesting given what happened to carlos go and in the not too distant past. the not too dista nt past. indeed, the not too distant past. indeed, sally. it has been really turbulent few weeks for nissan. just last week the company was sued by former boss carlos ghosn for defamation. but separate to that they have been rural rumours of a rivalry between current chief executive and his deputy. and then on friday the company made a rather surprising announcement that the deputy was leaving. he is a chief operating officer of the company and some people even saw him as a possible candidate to one day become the chief executive. now there are