She was looking so ill, and I felt so sorry for her, that I gave her twenty
kopecks. I am almost falling asleep.
When the Tatar appeared with a bill for twenty-six roubles and odd
kopecks, besides a tip for himself, Levin, who would another time have been horrified, like any one from the country, at his share of fourteen roubles, did not notice it, paid, and set off homewards to dress and go to the Shtcherbatskys' there to decide his fate.
Another time I followed him to his flat, and for ten
kopecks learned from the porter where he lived, on which storey, whether he lived alone or with others, and so on--in fact, everything one could learn from a porter.
This spy story, as we say, it is not worth five
kopecks. Or even five pounds, for that matter" - Russian president Vladimi Putin on the Salisbury poisonings.
The Russian currency is seemingly making a comeback, gaining 94
kopecks against the US dollar to 69.95 versus the greenback and adding 1.55 rubles against the euro to close at 80.71 versus the European currency.
Under its current policy, the central bank shifts the basket by five
kopecks when a standard allotment of $350 million in interventions is exhausted.
The central bank said on its website that the currency band was moved five
kopecks higher to RUB32.55 against the euro-dollar basket.
VTB said it has completed its 102.5 billion-rouble ($3.3 billion) offering of new shares at 4.1
kopecks each.
The Russian rouble weakened 3
kopecks versus the euro-dollar basket but was only 16
kopecks below a 15-month high, and traders said the currency did not move on the attack.
Thus, US dollar became cheaper for 35
kopecks (from 30.72 to 30.37 Russian rubles for a dollar).
Despite there being 100
kopecks to the rouble in Russia, Betts explained that he hoped
Kopeck would prove 'better than just being a hundredth as good'.
kopek - 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia