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Oil drags ruble down, politics weighs on zloty

The fresh leg down in oil prices has caused the ruble to tumble, making it one of the worst-performing EM currencies so far this year. Elsewhere, mounting concerns about populist policymaking in Poland have weighed on the zloty. Other currencies in the region have held up reasonably well, though, despite souring sentiment towards EMs.

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