According to Ernst, the film cost less than a billion rubles ($12 million), although the price tag of the entire project has not been revealed.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20230420-russia-beats-hollywood-with-first-feature-film-shot-in-space

Activist groups say the prisoners who signed were told their families would receive five million rubles (65,220 euros) if they died in battle.

Source: https://weldbham.com/a-former-wagner-group-commander-describes-brutality-and-incompetence-on-the-front-lines/

Earlier on Monday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak highlighted that the country’s oil and gas revenues increased by 28%, amounting to 2.5 trillion rubles ($36.7 billion).

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/196294/Russia-s-oil-production-up-by-2-despite-sanctions-Putin

“New projects are also in the works, which will bring another almost eight billion rubles ($98 million) in investment to Moscow Region.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/199556/Indian-businesses-to-boost-investment-in-Russia

Russians reportedly exchanged their rubles for crypto during the short-lived uprising of the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/7a55735c23660724?ref=ff

Russia's infamous Wagner private military company (PMC) promised to pay criminals over 100,000 Russian rubles a month if they agreed to join the group and be deployed to the combat zone in Ukraine, according to a report.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.com.au/wagner-promised-criminals-1300-monthly-fight-ukraine-pows-praised-kyiv-living-conditions-1845242?utm_source=Public&utm_medium=Feed&utm_campaign=Distribution

The court in Seversk, Novikova’s hometown, imposed a fine of 1 million rubles (over $12,400), the Russian human rights and legal aid group OVD-Info quoted her husband, Alexandr Gavrik, as saying.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-04-29/russian-court-fines-war-critic-who-asked-for-prison-instead

The share of Russia’s grain export settled in rubles, the Russian currency, may increase to 30 per cent in the medium term, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.

Source: https://www.mangalorean.com/share-of-russias-grain-exports-settled-in-rubles-expected-to-reach-30-official/

The tax will specifically target companies that have generated profits exceeding 1 billion rubles (approximately £9.45 million) annually since 2021.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1780996/putin-tax-oligharcs-russia-ruble-dollar-exchange-rate

They don’t hand over 10 billion rubles to mutineers; they haul them off to Lubyanka and shackle them to a wall and use strange metal instruments to say very nasty things to them.

Source: https://www.nationalmemo.com/giuliani-2662250742

Whether in dollars or rubles, net or gross, Russian Finance Ministry data show that the money flooding into government coffers has been grinding higher for months now.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/11/19/russias-revenue-figures-suggest-western-oil-sanctions-not-working/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russias-revenue-figures-suggest-western-oil-sanctions-not-working