sharktale1212
Herald
Actually it forgets to mention the London and 80% owned Moscow based branches were open during the bank holidays. So it wasnt technically stopping the main people (Russian oligarchs) from withdrawing the money and circumventing the capital controls. Only people hurt in all this are normal depositors who have no way to go internationally and withdraw money.A good read about the cyprus crisis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21937615
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/eurozone-cyprus-muddle-idUSL5N0CG13920130325