The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, May 5.The bill, which proposes to completely ban the circulation of the Russian ruble in Ukraine during martial law, has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. «The draft proposes for the period of martial law: to prohibit any use of the Russian ruble within Ukraine and for cross-border transfers and movements; to forcibly deposit assets, denominated in Russian rubles, until the end of martial law without accruing any interest, commissions, etc.,» the explanatory note to the bill reads. «/>The Kherson region is moving into the ruble zone. The bill also proposes to withdraw from civil circulation assets in Russian rubles owned by residents of the Russian Federation. At the request of the Cabinet of Ministers, it is proposed to grant the right to the National Bank of Ukraine to extend these restrictions to the currencies of other countries, in particular Belarus. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Russia
