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Topic: The Russian Federation may be about to make a "Corralito" - page 5. (Read 873 times)

legendary
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That is a good way to surpass the sanctions isn’t it? Russia is somehow tackling the issues of financial sanctions from all over the world through their careful planning and process of making the Ruble stronger. This could also help their locals to do business at higher confidence since they have strong currency now.

Indeed genius move...
I wonder if your government would seize your Bitcoins, decide one is worth 10 000 dollars and convert 80% into some useless currency like a rupiah or a rial, would you still cheer this genius move that will help all their locals and their economy?

It doesn't matter how strong the ruble is on paper, in reality, nobody gives a damn about that, look at car prices in Russia every single one of them is two to three times more expensive as everyone knows that's not the real rate, it's the artificial methods of keeping a currency afloat that has driven a lot of people to bitcoin and you're here preaching about capital control and assets seizures?

I see a lot of talk about how badly Russia is doing, but I believe that it is not as bad as the Western media would have us believe.

Sanctions need time to bite, everyone was saying how sanctions don't work as Iran is doing...great  Roll Eyes



50% inflation, 80% in poverty, 20-30% drop in food purchases as they can't afford even carrots. Wait for it, it will be worse than the crash the USSR went through.
legendary
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The Russian Federation may be about...

Hey paxmao, you seem not to have noticed that this news is 4 months old. Russia is not about to do anything, those measures were already taken. So if you want to talk about corralito you better say that in Russia there is a corralito since 4 months ago.

I see a lot of talk about how badly Russia is doing, but I believe that it is not as bad as the Western media would have us believe.

I am aware, it is not recent news and it has been turned down. However it is a hint of what may happen if sanctions start biting.

In so far as how the Russian Federation is doing, at the moment well enough to finance the war, due to the price of oil and the slow pace of the effects of sanctions however the living conditions of the ordinary people are affected (unemployment, low growth,...) and this has only started. You will not see any media providing local and accurate news, but it does not mean that "nothing is happening".

One thing is clear, you do not need a 10% interest rate to sustain a currency that is "doing well".
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That is good way to surpass the sanctions isn’t it? Russia is somehow tackling the issues of financial sanctions from all over the world through their careful planning and process of making the Ruble stronger. This could also help their locals to do business at higher confidence since they have strong currency now.

I am not sure how this has any correlation with the bitcoin but assuming the situation Russian federation may allow their people to use it in the want of bringing foreign currencies into ruble through crypto tunnel.
legendary
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 The Russian Federation may be about...

Hey paxmao, you seem not to have noticed that this news is 4 months old. Russia is not about to do anything, those measures were already taken. So if you want to talk about corralito you better say that in Russia there is a corralito since 4 months ago.

I see a lot of talk about how badly Russia is doing, but I believe that it is not as bad as the Western media would have us believe.
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Assuming that Rusia is indeed in the way to apply such measures in order to stop the flight of capital off Russia, that means that they are either actually suffering from the sanctions (more than they would like to admit) or they are preparing themselves to live with a cut of their income in the long run.

I assume the second scenario is more likely, keeping in mind Russia still have some economical allies and the price of fuels is high.


I think this is done to maximize the rejection of dollar support. This is Russia's new policy after the freezing of their foreign assets. Now the emphasis is on the national currency and the currency of the allied states. Refusal to pay debt obligations in dollars already speaks volumes. Instead, the payment went in the national currency.
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The obligation for Russians to sell 80% of foreign currency received under foreign trade contracts was introduced back in February, and now this rule has been canceled due to a sharp drop in imports and an artificial strengthening of the ruble.
Recently, Russia has another problem. She was declared default due to non-payment of a debt in the amount of one hundred million dollars, which is not a big problem for Russia, but due to the imposed sanctions, she actually cannot pay in dollars and tried to make payments in rubles. This has happened for the first time since 1918. Every day, problems in Russia due to sanctions will increase until it stops its war of conquest in Ukraine.
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Perhaps this is what forced the price of the ruble higher too, if a bunch of companies had to liqudiate most of their contract sales to rubles (and potentially foreign stock holdings) then it likely caused that spike.

legendary
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Assuming that Rusia is indeed in the way to apply such measures in order to stop the flight of capital off Russia, that means that they are either actually suffering from the sanctions (more than they would like to admit) or they are preparing themselves to live with a cut of their income in the long run.

I assume the second scenario is more likely, keeping in mind Russia still have some economical allies and the price of fuels is high.

legendary
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EDITED (5 JUL 2022) to add:

And... voila, here you are step number one. Next one may be confiscation.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin banned residents from sending money to bank accounts abroad and blocked payments on external debt, aggressive controls on capital flow made in response to punishing Western sanctions.

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Investors on Monday sent yields on Russia's dollar-denominated bonds issued offshore soaring to over 24%. They were less than 3% to start the year.

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Some of you know about the Argentinian corralito, by which Argentinians, from one day to the next, were not allowed to recover their USD that were converted into "pesos" at the "official rate". They were not able either to get much out the bank (was it 400 a month?).

Well, the recent economic measures taken in Russian Federation by their local despot may end up in something similar. For now:

https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/russia-imposes-special-economic-measures-in-response-to-western-sanctions/

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Russian exporters starting from February 28, 2022 are obliged to sell 80 % of foreign currency received from foreign trade contracts and obliged to sell 80 % of foreign currency credited from January 1, 2022
Russian residents are prohibited from lending to foreigners in foreign currency
Russian residents will not be able to put foreign currency on their accounts and deposits in foreign banks
Russian residents will not be able to transfer funds to foreign banks without opening a bank account using electronic means of payment provided by foreign providers of payment services
The ban comes into force on March 1, 2022.

A new "package" for locals may be about to come. Bitcoin may be the answer.


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