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- From: wei@ifi.unizh.ch (Qing Wei)
- Subject: Re: Touring Russia and Thailand
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.101207.3688@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov19.134507.9780@research.nj.nec.com> <19NOV199215201285@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.210739.5988@PA.dec.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 10:12:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.210739.5988@PA.dec.com> klee@wsl.dec.com writes:
- >|> <*> As far as Moscow goes:
- >|>
- >|> 1). try to get your rubles on the street and not in the regular
- >|> exchange circles (i.e. banks, hotels, etc). When I got an
- >|> exchange at (below mentioned) the Hotel/bank, the exchange
- >|> rate was 70 rubles to the dollar (this was last March).
- >|> I got 90 rubles to the dollar, when I exchanged them in
- >|> the 'black market' (on the street).
- >
- >The ruble now floats (somewhat), so the black market is no longer as
- >interesting. When I was in Moscow in September, the official exchange
- >rates (e.g., hotels, etc.) was about 200R to $1. The black market was
- >about 230R to $1. Unfortunately, there is little to buy with rubles,
- >so you shouldn't exchange very much.
-
- Just read in s.c.s that the exchange rate NOW is 1$ = 403R and
- will reach 500 end this year. What's going on there?
-
- -Qing
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