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Crimea will fully switch to the Russian ruble within the next few weeks, the republic's acting head Sergei Aksionov told reporters in Simferopol on Friday.

“We want to stop using the hryvnia as soon as possible. I believe that we will finalize this process within two or three weeks,” he said.