All social payments and salaries of state employees began to be paid in rubles last year. Local authorities stated that with the beginning of budget payments in rubles, the hryvnia became less used in cash circulation.
In accordance with the federal constitutional laws on the admission of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to the Russian Federation, the Bank of Russia will establish the details of the activities of credit and non-credit financial institutions. Previously, it opened territorial offices in new regions.