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RUSSIA BANS RUBLE TOILET PAPERWith its wartime economy in the toilet, Russia is banning ruble toilet paper. -Editor 
A Moscow court has banned the sale of toilet paper with printed patterns of 1,000-ruble bills, the independent news website Vyorstka reported Thursday, citing the court's ruling. The decorative toilet paper was deemed to "offend religious feelings" since the 1,000-ruble banknote depicts Yaroslav the Wise, an 11th-century Kyivan Rus' prince who was made a saint and, in 2016, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Moscow's Preobrazhensky District Court sided with the prosecutor who brought the case forward and banned the websites of four online stores that sold the toilet paper. One of the four banned websites was Sima Land, which went viral for a 2021 pro-Putin flashmob amid widespread protests calling for the release of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Vyorstka said Sima Land and another e-commerce platform, Glavchudo, have since removed the decorative toilet paper from their websites. Found via News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume X, Number 6, July 23, 2024). -Editor
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