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Russia's central bank reported that 500 billion rubles (about $5.5 billion) were withdrawn from the nation's banks during June...
Russians withdrew 100 billion rubles- almost $1.1 billion- from banks during Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief mutiny against the country's president Vladimir Putin..
Russia's central bank report showed that 100 billion rubles were taken out on June 23-25 during Wagner's rebellion, The Moscow Times reported.P)..
Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that Russia's military had killed about 30 of his troops in a missile strike on June 23 after which he ordered his group's troops to march on Moscow..
Russian business news outlet RBC reported that the money withdrawal during the Wagner mutiny "was the most noticeable surge in demand for cash" since the country announced partial mobilization of its military in September..
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