{
  "id": 1772828,
  "title": "Cash drains from Russian banks at record pace — report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/cash-drains-from-russian-banks-at-record-pace-report",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:24:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/cash-drains-from-russian-banks-at-record-pace-report-50633810.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the first two weeks of August, Russians withdrew a staggering $3.4 billion from commercial banks, marking a record cash outflow according to government data reported by The Washington Post on August 18. This surge followed withdrawals of $7.3 billion in July and over $4.5 billion in June. The total amount pulled from banks this year has surpassed $24.7 billion (RUB2 trillion), nearly double the figure from the initial year following the full-scale invasion in February 2022, as shared by Sberbank executive Taras Skvortsov to the newspaper.\n\nFormer Russian finance official quoted in the Post likened the current climate to that of \"Ukrainian drones flying; things are burning down; nervousness is growing.\" Additionally, a former Central Bank adviser, Aleksandra Prokopenko, suggested that these withdrawals indicated a \"deepening fear among the Russian public.\"",
  "summary": "Russians withdrew $3.4 billion from commercial banks in the first two weeks of August, a record cash outflow as depositors fear the Kremlin may seize private funds to finance the war, The Washington Post reported on Aug. 18, citing government data.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}