On February 24, the Russians withdrew 111 billion rubles in cash. This is reported by RBC with reference to the data of the Central Bank.
The statistics also took into account the data of cash withdrawals on the holiday on February 23.
This is a record since March 27, 2020. Then, at the beginning of the pandemic, against the backdrop of President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to introduce a tax on interest income from large deposits, Russians and businesses withdrew 174.9 billion rubles in cash.
On March 24, Putin announced the launch of a “special military operation” on territory of Ukraine. The President explained to big business that the invasion of Ukraine was a “forced measure.”
During the first day of the war, the Ukrainian military lost control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, water supply was restored in Crimea after the military secured the exit of Russian troops to Kherson, the Russian military seized Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea.
On the second day of the war, Russian armed forces attacked Kharkov, explosions were visible on online broadcasts from Kiev, residents of the cities spent the night in the subway and bomb shelters.
< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/3d25f37d10c72a44f168abd755cc6457.jpg" class="mz-publish-context-cite__image" alt="1" />War. The second day of the invasion of Ukraine