Russians Pull Billions From Banks Over Putin
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- Russian depositors have withdrawn billions from domestic banks in a panic-driven run, reported identically by The Independent, The Washington Post, and The Telegraph — all framing it as fear-driven flight.
- Putin and the Kremlin are the named trigger: the three outlets agree Russians fear wartime deposit seizures to finance the Ukraine invasion, with one headline explicitly citing fears the Kremlin will "seize deposits for war."
Why it matters: Russians pulling billions from their own banks over fears Putin will seize deposits for war shows the Ukraine conflict is now visibly draining trust in domestic financial institutions — depositor flight of that scale directly undermines Putin's ability to fund the war quietly from the home front.
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