As seen from this photo, private sector businesses — like this gas station in Pridnestrovie — may freely use any currency for their transactions. In this case, gas is priced in both the local currency (Pridnestrovian ruble) and in U.S. dollars.

In a country where government taxes are low, the price of 93 octane is $0.39 a liter or approximately a buck fifty per gallon.

The Pridnestrovian ruble [0] is a freely convertible currency whose exchange rate is listed daily on the open market.