The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will issue 20 million banknotes in honor of the annexation of Crimea
A commemorative banknote in honor of the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation will be issued in a circulation of 20 million copies, said Georgy Luntovsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank. Work on the design of the banknote, the face value of which will be 100 rubles, continues, he added. It is planned that the commemorative banknote will go into circulation at the end of 2015. “At the moment, work on the printed banknote project has not yet been completed,” Luntovsky said.