1.  Introduced in May as an interim currency to overcome the cash shortage, the Latvian rouble had the same value as the Russian.

2.  But they emphasize positive developments like recent agreement on a Central Bank and interim currency for all of Bosnia.

3.  Ukraine has been using an interim currency called the karbovanets for more than four years, since shortly after the Soviet collapse.

4.  Georgians so mistrust the interim currency that they have long been using Russian rubles for nearly all transactions.