The Daily Beast
US · 1 hrs ago
Putin Hit With Humiliating New Crisis as Russians Pull Billions From Banks
POOL New / REUTERS
Russians are pulling billions from their bank accounts over fears that Vladimir Putin could grab their money to fund his increasingly attritional war with Ukraine.
The tide of the war has turned lately, with a Ukrainian counter-offensive reaching deep inside Russia, targeting commerce and energy infrastructure.
Russians are watching on nervously, already sheepish because of a fuel crisis. Depositors have pulled out nearly $3.4 billion in just the first two weeks of…
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