A renewed downward lurch in oil prices put emerging market commodity currencies under more pressure on Thursday, with Russia's rouble facing additional headwinds from a flare-up in tensions with Ukraine.
As Brent crude dropped through $80 and Ukraine deployed troops amid fears of a new separatist
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