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
for its budget deficit on western donorfarms. for its budget deficit on western donor farms. that money has to keep pouring into ukraine to keep the economy stable. it is not business as usual in ukraine that it won t be for a very, very long time. and at the moment, unless you can ukraine can make progress on the battlefield it means the economy without that western money will struggle and we don t know how long this is going to last. we must bet on the fact that even with the instability in russia this is still going to be a very, very long warfor ukraine and still going to be a very, very long war for ukraine and with lasting impact on the economy. jonathan, thank you so much. jonathan, thank you so much. jonathan charles with his insight into what is happening insight into what is happening in ukraine and russia. to greece now where the new democracy party has won a landslide victory in sunday s general election. securing nearly 40% of the vote the biggest margin for conserv