Russians to Get First Chance to Use Checks
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MOSCOW — Consumers in the Russian Federation, the largest of the 15 Soviet republics, are to get checkbooks for the first time, the Communist Party newspaper Pravda reported Friday.
It said people in the republic, used to carrying large amounts of cash to do their shopping, on Dec. 1 could be issued a book of 20 checks valid for two years for paying for any industrial goods or consumer services.
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