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![Ruble becomes the only official currency in Crimea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F244%2F22%2F2442291_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_WXVyaXkgTGFzaG92ICMyNDQyMjkx_116%3A95_sputnik-2442291-preview_4a21eff8b04d200d161ecab7e7d35b42.jpg)
A customer holds Russian rubles in a store in Simferopol. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.
- Categories: Social Issues, Economy, Business & Finance
- Location: Simferopol, Crimean Federal District, Russia
- Event date: 02.06.2014
- Date published: 02.06.2014
- Author: Yuriy Lashov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4743x3255px, 11.5Mb