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It is not new anymore a lot of people get this and I have heard about this a long time ago, we may not like it but this do exist for some reason
it is under investigation.
The quoted article was published on September 25, 2015, so current when posted. You might be thinking of this:
"It's absolutely illegal, such technical hooliganism [is] absolutely inappropriate. The Constitution says who has the right [in] Russia to issue money - it is the central bank. The only currency in Russia is the ruble."
--Russian financial ombudsman Pavel Medvedev*
*Aptly named 'Medvedyev' translates to 'Bearson,' or 'son of bear.'