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As a Russian last year I learned that any money in a bank are not really yours.

Russian government banned withdrawing USD/EUR from ATMs while Mastercard and Visa banned using their cards.

Your balanace ended up being a number in the app.

Cashless - no thanks.

1. Not rouble. You could still withdraw RUB. 2. Invading other countries may have not-so-unforeseen-consequences. 3. War renders all kinds of money "just a number" I think.

War costs money. Civilians will be cut off from money and pushed down by security services and "law" enforcement, rewarded with privileges and confiscated money. So obvious, such a cliché, and works flawlessly every time ad infinitum.

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