So... The Government is Shut Down...

[CRedskinsRule]

I didn't want to start a thread on this, though I probably should've done an All things Russia type thread.

Russian finance minister warns on spending as crisis deepens

"Regardless of having already curbed 2015 spending, we will ask parliament to cut by 10 percent all expenditure apart from defense spending," [Finance Minister Anton] Siluanov added.

Somehow I doubt they will have as lively a debate as that single line would spark here.