Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading uneasy depositors to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era.

The Russian currency plunged about 30 per cent against the U.S. dollar after Western nations announced unprecedented moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system and to restrict Russia’s use of its massive foreign currency reserves.

The exchange rate later recovered ground after swift action by Russia’s central bank. But the economic squeeze got tighter when the U.S.

fleshed out the sanctions to immobilize any assets of the Russian central bank in the United States or held by Americans. The Biden administration estimated that the move could impact “hundreds of billions of dollars” of Russian funding. Read more: Canada to sanction Putin for Ukraine invasion, Russia warns ‘response will follow’ U.S.

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Group of prisoners attack, kill inmate convicted of murdering 2-year-old girl, authorities say

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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