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Sweden’s ruling center-left Social Democrats and Greens and their Left Party ally held 40.6% of the vote early Monday. The opposition center-right Alliance held 40.3%. The far-right Sweden Democrats came third with 17.6%, up 5 percentage points from four years ago.
Economy
Russia’s ruble weakened to the lowest level since March 2016 on Monday. The ruble dropped to Rbs70.115 per dollar (-0.2% on the day) in a sell-off