The Celtics went from Bill Russell to Dave Cowens to Robert Parish at the starting center position, with a little bit of Henry Finkel between Russell and Cowens. Russell, Cowens and Parish started at center for 16 of the Celtics NBA championships.
New EU and US sanctions have been introduced against Russia for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine. Since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March the EU and US have ratcheted up sanctions several times, tightening restrictions on major Russian state banks and corporations.
RUSSIAN RUBLE-RUB. The Russian ruble, symbol py6, code RUB, is the official currency of the country of Russia, a nation of 143 million people. The ruble is subdivided into 100 kopek. The Russian ruble is also officially in use in the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and unofficially in Belarus.