Putin's IBS<p>Governor of the Central Bank of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Elvira_Nabiullina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elvira_Nabiullina</span></a> said in December 2024 that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> deposits will be "temporarily" frozen from March of 2025. She told <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russians</span></a> not to panic:</p><p>"Still, we will most likely have to resort to the unpopular step of temporary freezing of household deposits starting from March of this year. This does not carry any risks for depositors. There is no need to panic and hurry to take money out of banks.</p>