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The fall of the ruble and the restriction of the right of Russians to withdraw money may occur as a result of the “invasion” of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. Economist Yakov Mirkin wrote about this on Facebook.
He noted that “no one knows the plans of the authorities,” but said that in the short term, in the event of an “invasion” may follow: the fall of the ruble; the failure of stocks, bonds and OFZs, accompanied by a “capital panic flight from Russia”; increase in the key rate of the Central Bank to double digits. Mirkin also suggested rising prices and double-digit inflation; restrictions on withdrawals of deposits, money, currency exchange and non-working Visa and Mastercard cards. In addition, the economist predicted queues and a shortage of goods.
Western media publish reports of a possible Russian “invasion” of Ukraine. In this regard, Russia is threatened with sanctions, while Moscow has repeatedly denied these accusations. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted that Moscow had no intentions to attack Ukraine.
At the same time, Bloomberg called the date of the “invasion”. According to sources “familiar with the issue” of the American agency, we are talking about February 15th. Meanwhile, the Politico newspaper reported that US President Joe Biden, during a videoconference with the leaders of allied countries, said that Russia could allegedly attack Ukraine on February 16. The publication also cites its own sources.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in this regard, asked for evidence of the allegedly planned “invasion” of Russia. According to him, there was “too much” information about this. We add that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that Russia’s disconnection from the SWIFT payment system is not included in the package of Western sanctions in the event of an “invasion” of Ukraine. In his opinion, “even without SWIFT in the package, this package remains a very powerful bomb of economic influence on Russia.”
Source: Rosbalt
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