Rouble trouble

13th November 1998, 12:00am

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Rouble trouble

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/rouble-trouble
THE COLLAPSE of the economy has brought strange times for Russia’s teachers, some of whom are being paid in vodka instead of the almost worthless rouble.

Others have had to accept gravestones, saucepans or rugs in lieu of wages.

International, 22

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