EFTA Document EFTA01479534

Subject: Oil discussion and ruble weakness.... [C] From: Tazia Smith a> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:30:56 -0400 To: Cc: Paul Morris < Vahe Stepanian < Vinit Sahni < Nav Gupta Classification: Confidential Hi Rich - I'm sure you've seen plenty on the US sanctions vs. Russia. Good Bloomberg overview included below; note S&P cut its outlook for Russia to negative, affirmed its BBB credit rating). See this article in the FT from a couple days ago: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/35d6ae10-