The Russian authority that controls the coastal city of Kherson in southern Ukraine intends to introduce ruble to replace the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, from May 1, said today an official of the Russian local administration.
“From May 1, we will move to the ruble zone,” said Kirill Stremusov, a deputy head of the Russian local government, which has been in power since Moscow took control of the area at the beginning of the invasion. Ukraine.
The transition to the Russian ruble will take up to four months, during which time it will circulate along with the official Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, the RIA added, citing Stremusov’s statements.
“Then we will move on to settlements in rubles,” he said.
No senior Russian official has confirmed the allegations.
Russia said Tuesday it had taken full control of the Kherson region, which is strategically located as part of a land connection between the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula and Russian-backed separatist territories. in the eastern part of Ukraine. Moscow had also announced the occupation of its city Hersonissos on March 3rd.
Local authorities in Ukraine say Russia has appointed its own mayor in the city of Kherson and has taken control of the regional headquarters, making it the first major urban center to be taken over by the Kherson. Russian forces after the invasion of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers in Ukraine on February 24.
Kyiv also accuses Russia of wanting to hold a pre-independence independence referendum in the region, as well as in neighboring Zaporizhia.
This happened in Donbas in 2014, when pro-Russian separatists, backed by Moscow, took part in control of the region. The separatists then proclaimed the “people’s democracies” of Donetsk and Luhansk, whose independence was recognized by Moscow shortly before its invasion of Ukraine.
“There will be no People’s Republic of Kherson. If anyone wants a new annexation, stronger sanctions will hit Russia,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 22.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces had brought back to Kherson “a peaceful life”. However, protests against the Russians and against the holding of a referendum are regular, according to Ukrainian media sites, which show photos and videos in support of their publications. No foreign journalists have access to this city, which had a population of almost 300,000 before the war.
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