Rouble gets its own symbol

NEWS

Last week the Russian State Duma approved a bill on the creation of a rouble symbol for the first time with an overwhelming majority of 390 'yes' votes to 8 'no' votes. It needs to go through further parliamentary approval before it is signed into law by president Vladimir Putin.

However, Igor Souzdaltsev, project manager at Investsberbank in Moscow and president of ACI Russia said the reasons for using this symbol were practical.

"Most obviously, it means Russian and foreign banks don't have to

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