The share of the Russian currency in the circulation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic exceeded the share of the Ukrainian hryvnia, said the Minister of economic development Evgeny Samokhina.
"at the moment, based on the information we receive from retailers, the ruble is prevalent in the total money supply over the Ukrainian grivna" ? leads her words " Donetsk news Agency ".



"When this percentage is quite hard because of the periodic opening of the blockade from Ukraine violate our statistical data, ? she added. Samokhina stressed that the country also increased the turnover of Russian products." on the shelves are more items from Russia, and the range is greatly increased. With confidence we can say that their presence on the trading markets and shops, more than 50%", - has underlined the Minister. In DND multi-currency system was launched on 25 March 2015. The Central Bank of the Donetsk national Republic has fixed the exchange rate to ruble at 1: 2. Similar measures were introduced and within proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic. As long as you do not have a " printing press ", this is an interim solution will allow the republics to reduce economic dependence on Kiev.

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