Around a dozen aggrieved
retail investors met with the senior management of Russia s SPB
Exchange this week, demanding the recovery of their foreign
currency assets blocked by U.S. sanctions. .
Russia's monetary authorities managed to stave off a full-scale run on its banks with capital controls, and the rouble supply has remained plentiful with long lines at ATMs during an early spring dash for cash now a thing of the past.
Financial sanctions against Russia have strangled its banks’ profits and wrecked many lenders’ international operations, but one year after Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine how much do they matter for average Russians?