The 100 rouble note ($1.50; £1) will appear next month to mark the controversial Russian takeover of the peninsula in March 2014, the Moscow Times newspaper reports . Speaking to the official TASS news agency, Georgy Luntovsky, the deputy chairman of the Bank of Russia, said that the notes will feature "symbols of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol", just as soon as the final design has been discussed with senior officials in the region.