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Russian Lawmakers Propose Seizing Private Bank Accounts to Fund War Amid $83B Deficit (united24media.com)

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[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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 1 points 2 days ago

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’