Originally Posted by Dave8481
No doubt about it, it can be very frustrating having to deal with the CU and based on the displayed rate of 1 CU = 31.5 roubles that sounds like the CU is more closely tied to the Euro than to the dollar and I even seem to remember being told one time that the CU rate is essentially the Euro rate...
Correct... Back when the dollar was ahead of the euro, it was the Europeans gettting screwed more (the 'CU' exchange rate was set a few cents above the official rate).