New Russia-printed banknotes worth 732,5 million LYD arrive in Lebrag airport

Eastern Libyan region received Wednesday morning a new shipment of the Libyan dinar banknotes printed in Russia. The money, which is worth 732,5 million dinars (50’s) arrived on a plane that landed in Lebrag airport this morning.
This shipment is the third one that arrives in the east as per a deal between the parallel Central Bank of Libya and Russia.
Two other shipments arrived both in May and June to make the total sum hit almost over a billion dinars in a deal that sees Russia sending a total of 4 billion dinars to eastern Libya.
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