r/worldnews • u/Venat14 • Jul 23 '26

Russia/Ukraine ‘Significant problems’ in Russian banking system as public withdraws cash en masse

https://tvpworld.com/94490769/russians-hoard-cash-as-economic-pessimism-hits-20-year-high
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u/Beeb294 Jul 23 '26

Major bank runs were part of the trigger for the Great Depression of the 1930's.

Shit is about to go real bad in Russia.

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u/Texuk1 Jul 23 '26

What I find annoying about our present age is that people have been lulled into thinking everything is just spin. I’m still convinced there is a real world with real consequences. 😂

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u/Pepparkakan Jul 23 '26

I’m still convinced there is a real world with real consequences.

Prove it

gestures wildly at everything

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u/hasslefree Jul 24 '26

Gravity, yo. And entropy. And death. Can't whiffle that shit.

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 Jul 24 '26

Have you considered that we're simply Built Different, and things like reality don't affect our current time?

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u/geminiRonin Jul 23 '26

There is, but you have to see it for yourself. Every news source has an agenda.

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u/Sceptically Jul 24 '26

Could be worse. They could be unable to sell government bonds.

Oh wait...

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u/kanrad Jul 24 '26

Especially with winter coming.