In Soviet Union the official exchange rate was close to 1 rouble for 1 dollar. You couldn't exchange them, of course, except in some cases when you were allowed

In Soviet Union the official exchange rate was close to 1 rouble for 1 dollar. You couldn't exchange them, of course, except in some cases when you were allowed to travel etc. Now that the currency exchange activities are seriously limited in Russia the exchange rate stops being very meaningful measure.