The Bank of Russia announced its decision to issue a commemorative banknote dedicated to the annexation of Crimea. The bill at the nominal value of 100 rubles will be issued as soon as the final agreement on its design has been made. "Currently, the design of the bills is being developed jointly with Goznak. A commemorative banknote with a face value of 100 rubles is dedicated to Crimea. The banknote will be issued in 2015," reports the press service of the central bank. In addition, the annexation of the Crimean peninsula has already been marked by the issue of commemorative coins at the nominal value of 10 rubles. At that time, the central bank management told about the idea of issuing banknotes and coins dedicated to Crimea and Sevastopol. In July, Georgy Luntovsky, the first Deputy Chairman of the central bank, said that “the regulator plans to issue a bill devoted to Crimea” but neither release dates, nor the denomination of the banknote were mentioned then. According to Luntovsky, the bill is intended for wide circulation, as it was with the "Olympic" banknotes. Moreover, Alexei Didenko, the first deputy head of the Liberal Democratic Party, offered to issue a new banknote dedicated to the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol but it was a question about a bill of denomination of 10 thousand rubles. The head of the Bank of Russia Nabiullina promised to consider the proposal of the deputy. However, in 2013, Georgy Luntovsky stated that the Bank of Russia sees no need to introduce bills worth 10 thousand rubles.
