The National Bank of Ukraine banned new Russian banknotes with images of Crimea
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has forbidden banks, their branches, and offices to conduct operations with banknotes and coins issued by the Russian Central Bank, which depict objects located on the annexed territory, as reported on the NBU website.
The ban applies to the monetary units of the Russian Federation with maps, symbols, buildings, monuments, archeological monuments, architecture, history, landscapes and any other objects located on the territory of Ukraine occupied by Russia; as well as those containing texts related to the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory.
It is noted that financial institutions and Ukrposhta (Ukrainian Post) are prohibited from accepting or issuing banned banknotes and coins when making money transfers.
This decision will come into force on October 17th.
On October 12, 2017, new 200 and 2000-ruble banknotes went into circulation in Russia. On a green 200-ruble banknote, the symbols of Sevastopol are depicted: on the front side there is an image of the Monument to the Scuttled Ships, on the reverse side - a view of Tauric Chersonesos.
In addition, in December 2015, a limited edition 100-ruble banknote was issued dedicated to the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. On one side of the banknote is the Swallow's Nest Castle. On the other - a Monument to the Sunken Ships in the Sevastopol Bay and a fragment of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky "Russian squadron on the raid of Sevastopol."