Would you trade gold for rubles?
My favorite trades over the decades are the blood in the street trades. Human nature when acting on pure fear is very prdictable. Fear of the unknown/future is always the greatest and that causes very big overshoots. I love to fade those. Not the type of trades for the slow or timid.
So to your question... I would have have traded gold for rubles last even when those markets opened and the ruble hit a new record low and gold had spiked up. I would have gone flat on that trade after those opening spikes reversed. Now I would pass on the trade. Way too unpredictable at this time.