Experts: ruble devaluation can return "conditional units" to Russian stores

The devaluation of the ruble can return to life the so -called "conditional units." In stores of household appliances and auto markets, price tags with two letters will again appear, the salary of Russians will also be calculated in W.E. And at the same time, each company is free to set its own condition of the conditional currency. How relevant and, most importantly, legal, - asks the portal Bfm.ru on Thursday now.

SMS messages in the cents, refrigerator - in dollars, salary - in conditional currency. The scenario of a ten -year ago may return to Russian reality again. First of all, large companies with expensive goods will refuse the ruble, analysts say.

They have many dollar loans, they report to shareholders in foreign currency, and even small fluctuations in the course greatly change the value of assets. Especially strongly the currency of calculations affects the business of developers and realtors.

“While the market adheres to ruble prices, it is possible to return to U.E. if the crisis is delayed for six months or a year,” said Dmitry Taganov, head of the analytical center of Incom Corporation.

According to him, "when negotiating and when they voiced the price of the apartment, they may also appear dollars, but only sometimes, in some cases. According to our statistics, all transactions pass in rubles. And consumers, recognizing the price for an apartment, in 80-90% want to hear it in rubles. We can say that there was no longer a high-quality fracture in the consciousness of consumers, and there should not be a return to dollars. happen. "

Retailers are also not going to rewrite price tags. When buying goods for dollars, they count the price into rubles. The devaluation will simply increase the cost of ten percent. Sellers of electronics and cars adhere to such a forecast. “Theoretically, they could hang the price tags on their goods in the currency in which they are purchased: in dollars, euro or yuan. And there are no legal barriers for this,” explained Maxim Yakovlev, leading lawyer of the Irsan agency.

He clarified that he sees no problem and restrictions for this. “Nobody canceled the Civil Code. The parties can agree on any currency for calculation, but the only means of payment will be rubles,” said Yakovlev.

Travel companies were in the most difficult situation. They take prepayment from customers in rubles, and are calculated with hotels and foreign partners dollars. In the volatile market, a decent difference in sums can be accumulated in a few days, BFM notes. Tour operators will have to take this difference on themselves, or sell tickets for conditional units.

It is worth clarifying that last year the State Duma adopted a law prescribing to indicate in advertising prices for goods and services exclusively in rubles. At the same time, the document implies the ability to clarify, if necessary, the cost of goods or services in foreign currency.

During the discussion of the bill, deputies planned to allow supplementing the amounts in rubles by mentioning equivalent amounts in foreign currency. They planned to warn violators first, and then fine - in the amount of up to 200 minimum wages.

The adopted law provides for any fines or disciplinary sanctions.

That is, even if companies in the mass order switch to cu. It is impossible to apply any penalty to them. However, judging by Russian practice, government agencies can simply “ask” the company not to do this.