Copyrighted Image? DMCA | As a wobbly cease-fire keeps eastern Ukraine's warring factions apart, Russia's ruble is conquering new territory across the breakaway republics.
In Donetsk, the conflict zone's biggest city, supermarkets have opened ruble-only checkout counters to serve the fighters in camouflage lining up along pensioners. Bus and tram tickets come with a conversion from Ukraine's hryvnia to the Russian currency. Gas-station workers are paid in rubles because that's what their rebel customers use to fuel their armored jeeps. |
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