Rustam Temirgaliyev, first deputy chairperson of the Crimean Council of Ministers, and Svetlana Verba, right, Crimean minister for Economic Development and Trade, check that payments are made in rubles. On May 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law setting June 1, 2014 as the final date of hryvnia's circulation in the Crimea and Sevastopol.02.06.2014#2442367
Svetlana Verba, Crimean minister for Economic Development and Trade, and Rustam Temirgaliyev, center, first deputy chairperson of the Crimean Council of Ministers, check that payments are made in rubles. On May 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law setting June 1, 2014 as the final date of hryvnia's circulation in the Crimea and Sevastopol.02.06.2014#2442366
Simferopol residents use rubles to put money on their cellphone accounts. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442293
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442292
A customer holds Russian rubles in a store in Simferopol. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442291
A customer holds Russian rubles in a store in Simferopol. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442290
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442289
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442259
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442258
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442257
A checker in a store in Simferopol accepts Russian rubles as payment. On May 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on limiting the Ukrainian hryvnia circulation period in Crimea and Sevastopol to June 1, 2014.02.06.2014#2442256
