Invading Russian armed forces in temporarily-occupied Henichesk, Kherson Region, have begun to issue pensions in rubles, a local site has reported. though with little success. The news was confirmed by local residents and Serhiy Hlan, a member of Kherson regional council. “After the conclusion of compilation of lists last week, real payments of 10,000 rubles began in Henichesk. People are queuing up and already receiving cash in their hands,” Hlan wrote on his Facebook account.
According to Hlan, local pensioners go immediately to money changers to exchange their 10,000 rubles, which is just over 100 dollars, into Ukrainian hryvnias. But the city’s shops are refusing to accept rubles. Hlan issued an appeal to locals. “A reminder, that if people don’t cooperate with occupiers and don’t take anything from them this will speed up our victory”, he wrote in his posts.
The National Bank of Ukraine has confirmed attempts to install the ruble in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regions. In a statement it said “the enemy is trying to introduce circulation of the ruble on temporaily-occupied territories of Ukraine, which violates international conventions and should be included in claims made to international courts.” In its statement the NBU underlined that “such actions by invaders are impossible without the criminal support and political will of the leadership of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.”
You can read more on this topic at this local media article.
