A young entrepreneur named Maksim mourned the fate of Ukrainians more than economic affairs.
Under In the city of Belgorod, with a population of 400,000, near the Ukrainian border, ATMs were still operating on Sunday evening. Long queues for vending machines were reported from Moscow, for example. In St. Petersburg, the money was out of many vending machines as early as Thursday when Russia invaded Ukraine.
In Belgorod City Mall, rubles were still obtained from the ATMs of Gazprombank, Alfa, VTB and Sberbank, which are still subject to sanctions.
A young man in pantyhose picked up 170,000 rubles, or about 1,800 euros, from a Tinkoff bank ATM without any problems. However, the ATMs of Rosbank and PSB were empty.
Some kind however, there was uncertainty-related movement around the vending machines. One couple wanted to withdraw such a large amount at once that they could not get it from any vending machine.
Downtown To the maximum a younger man who presented himself withdrew money from a state-owned VTB ATM.
“When Russia is said to have no cause for concern about raising exchange rates and money, it is usually a sure sign that there is cause for concern,” Maksim commented on the situation.
Maksim, who is an entrepreneur, said that he keeps money in a diversified manner in various forms of investment and in banks. Unfortunately, a lot is reportedly in rubles.
Maxim believes that the war in Ukraine is a disaster for Russia, and that economic worries are not even overwhelming for him.
“I am shocked by the war and even more shocked by how many here support it. Everyone in my immediate circle is opposed to the war, but in general, really many say that it was forced to start so that there would be no problems with Ukraine in the future, ”he updated.
It is only 40 kilometers from Belgorod to the Ukrainian border. Maksim says he has been monitoring the concentration of Russian troops for a month in a window that gives the railway.
He has long had connections to Kharkov, Ukraine, as a waterboarding hobby.
“I don’t know if the Ukrainians will ever be able to forgive us for this. Even before 2014, there were loyalists to Russia. Today they hate Russia, ”Maksim said.
“This is genocide. I fully support Ukraine. ”
Senior man Nikolai raised a small amount from VTB ‘s vending machine and said that it was confident about the financial situation.
Likewise a pensioner Catherine said he “had full confidence in the ability of the state leadership” to resolve economic issues. He pays for purchases with a Mir payment system card.
Russia developed Mir in time peace) to replace international Swift in domestic payments.
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