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Simferopol, Apr. 11 - Branches of various Russian banks in Crimea will open at locations of communal ownership previously rented by Ukrainian banks that have since ceased operating in the Region, the republic's prime minister, Sergei Aksionov, told journalists in Simferopol on Friday.

“Branches of Russian banks – Bank Rossiya, RNCB [Russian National Commercial Bank] and others – will be opened at locations of Ukrainian banks that do not belong to them, were rented [and] are communally owned,” he said.