c/world · by veggibles@lemmy.wtf · 62d

Russian Lawmakers Propose Seizing Private Bank Accounts to Fund War Amid $83B Deficit

https://united24media.com/world/russian-lawmakers-propose-seizing-private-bank-accounts-to-fund-war-amid-83b-deficit-20247

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6 Comments

monkeyman76@fedinsfw.app · 18 pts · 62d (1 reply)

Dah, comrade, a bank run will help us!

StillAlive@piefed.world · 7 pts · 62d

In Russia, bank runs over you!

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 62d

Genius move, first send all of your capable citizens off to die and then rob the rest blind.

Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 62d

Genius! Infinite money glitch!

myrmidex@belgae.social · 7 pts · 62d (1 reply)

individuals are looking for ways to withdraw their funds and leave the country before potential account freezes

Under the motto: You can take my sons but not my money?

Additionally, the finance ministry is preparing legislation to allow state access to $40 billion in private pension savings

Nice, robbing pensioners too. This is a shitshow on all sides. Either this is a shit article founded on nothing but hearsay, or the Russian state is growing desperate.

sukhmel@programming.dev · 3 pts · 61d

Ah, they already spent state pension savings, it seems, now they need private ones, too. Sounds about right, I would bet on ‘desperate’, not on ‘fake’