Residents of the temporarily occupied territories have to use Russian rubles along with the Ukrainian hryvnia, because the occupiers are forcibly introducing their own currency into circulation in order to create economic ties with the occupied territories. Recently, residents of Kherson received bills from Khersonvodokonal in rubles, said Yury Sobolevsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Office of the Regional Council in the Kherson Regional Council.
The occupying " In this connection, Kherson residents received new bills from Khersonvodokonal along with details for transferring funds. "
“In Ukrainian jurisdiction, such tariffs are negligible, and the whole story is another episode of the robbery of Kherson residents,” says Yuriy Sobolevsky.
In all likelihood, in this way, the Russians are trying to gradually push the hryvnia out of circulation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine..
Formerly ZN. UA published an article about what risks threaten citizens in the occupation, how Russia is trying to establish total control over the territories and how to act in this situation.