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Ruble (Russian: россискиррублл1000, English: Russia) (original symbol Rbs. Rbl)。 Currency code: RUB. Usage: Russia and Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which declared their independence by themselves.
As early as the 1990s, Russia proposed to design the ruble currency symbol, but it was delayed. After the advent of the euro, the voice of designing the ruble currency symbol became stronger and stronger. In 2006, Russia amended the Central Bank Law and confirmed the legal status of the ruble currency symbol.
Suifenhe city, Heilongjiang Province, located on the Sino-Russian border, announced that it has been officially approved by the State Council as the first pilot city for the use of rubles in China. This is the first time since the founding of New China that a foreign currency is allowed to perform the same functions as a sovereign currency in a specific area of China.
After Suifenhe became the first pilot city in China to use rubles, rubles can freely enter and leave Suifenhe, and Russian tourists can eat, shop and take taxis directly with rubles.
According to the person in charge of Suifenhe Sub-branch of the People's Bank of China, the successful approval of the pilot market for using rubles will help Suifenhe standardize the ruble trading market, crack down on black market trading, and make its private ruble trading market move from "underground" to "above ground".
Suifenhe River, known as the "border merchant" on the Sino-Russian border, is an important channel for China's logistics with Russia. With the rapid development of Sino-Russian port trade, Russian tourists and shoppers frequently travel back and forth, and the use of ruble cash is increasing year by year.
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Baidu encyclopedia-ruble