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 inf

Russians are withdrawing billions, causing liquidity problems for banks and undermining the Kremlin’s ability to issue bonds to finance the fight in Ukraine.

Second wave of fuel shortages at petrol stations sweeps across Russia  Reuters

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published August 17, 2026 10:39am Updated August 17, 2026 10:39am The esteemed economist shared a scathing verdict about Russia’s current state (Picture: Getty) Vladimir Putin’s state development corporation chief economist has said Russia won’t win the war in Ukraine – and the country

RUSSIANS are pummelling each other at petrol pumps as the nation's fuel crisis deepens amid targeted Ukrainian strikes. Wild footage shows two men in a verbal spat at a Tatneft forecourt in the industrial city of Volzhsky, in southwestern Russia. Two women confront one of the men before the scene explodes into a flurry