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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>В магазине</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e20605" shape="rect"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В магазине</em></span></h1></div></div></div><p>For the most part, you'll be shopping in Moscow and St. Petersburg
  2. in stores which operate the same way they do in the US. However, there may
  3. be times when you'll stop in at a Russian store which still uses an older,
  4. and at times frustrating, multi-step system of purchasing and
  5. payment:</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>Decide what it is you wish to purchase. Ask the price.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>The salesperson will give you а <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">чек</em></span></strong></span> and ask you to pay at the
  6. <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">касса</em></span></strong></span>. While you are doing
  7. that, he/she will be wrapping up your purchase.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>After paying, you will return to the salesperson with either a
  8. receipt showing payment, or your original <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">чек</em></span></strong></span> stamped, which you'll
  9. hand over in exchange for your purchase.</p></li></ol></div><p>Russian law now stipulates that there is one currency for the entire
  10. country and that is the <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">рубль</em></span></strong></span> which is divided into 100
  11. <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">копейка</em></span></strong></span>. Because of inflation
  12. however, <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">копейки</em></span></strong></span> have disappeared. In
  13. spite of this law, you will still be able to make purchases in many stores
  14. (especially those which are foreign-owned) using <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">СКВ свободно конвертируемая
  15. валюта</em></span></strong></span> freely convertible currency (dollars,
  16. marks, francs and pounds sterling). Major credit cards are readily
  17. accepted in many locations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, more rarely in
  18. other large cities, and almost never in the smaller ones.</p><p>Think big when you think of prices in Russia! When writing these
  19. large numbers, Russians use а <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">точка</em></span></strong></span> period to indicate the
  20. decimal point rather than а <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">запятая</em></span></strong></span> comma.</p><p>For example:</p><p>12.000 руб.= 12,000 rubles</p><p>7,5 руб. = 7.50 rubles (7 rubles and 50 kopecs)</p></div></body></html>