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Updates from Russia today: - City centers are blocked by policy to prevent protests/marches - Arrests of people at protests - Volgograd airport has been closed
by siliconescapee 5y ago
Updates from Russia today:
- City centers are blocked by policy to prevent protests/marches
- Arrests of people at protests
- Volgograd airport has been closed
- Russians lining up at banks to withdraw cash, bank limits put in place midway through the day
- achenet 5y agoso the Russian people aren't entirely enthusiastic about this. Maybe they'll have another revolution.
- Invictus0 5y agoWho would be enthusiastic about a 45% drop in the local currency
- hogrider 5y agoThere can be huge gains to be had, for example if the oligarchs all have all their wealth in foreign currency or large debt in the national currency.
- vixen99 5y agohttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10546799/More-150-senior-Russian-officials-sign-open-letter-condemning-Putins-invasion-Ukraine.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10546799/More-150-s... "More than 150 senior Russian officials have signed an open letter condemning Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine as 'an unprecedented atrocity' and warning of 'catastrophic consequences'."
- Qub3d 5y agoI hope none of them plan on accepting cups of tea in the near future[0]. [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvine...
- tim333 5y agoI imagine the usual deal that they are kind of horrified but will be arrested / killed if they try to do much about it.