[Perhaps alteration (influenced by pool) of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe, from Middle English suspiral, vent, from Old French sospirail, breathing hole, from souspirer, to breathe, from Latin suspÄ«rÄre, to sigh; see suspire.]
The Russian Ruble is also known as the Russian Rouble. The United States Dollar is also known as the American Dollar, and the US Dollar. The symbol for RUB can be written R. The symbol for USD can be written $. The Russian Ruble is divided into 100 kopecks. The United States Dollar is divided into 100 cents.
The ruble touched a record low against the dollar. Credit Maxim Shemetov/Reuters. The turmoil in global stock markets and the plunge in oil prices are shaking Russiaâs economy, already wobbly from being cut off from Western finance by sanctions. Russiaâs currency, the ruble, fell briefly on Thursday to 85 to the dollar, a record low, before creeping back to 82.5 by the close of trading.