An Abkhaz aged 29 and a Kazakh aged 37 were caught selling 60,000 counterfeit rubles, Interfax cites Irina Volk, spokeswoman of the Directorate for Economic Security and Corruption Control.
The police ordered 100,000 counterfeit rubles as clients. The banknotes found were of high quality.
One of the suspects carried 9 counterfeit bills and 66,000 more at home.