Belarusians have rushed to buy foreign currency in Russia

Belarus is experiencing a sharp shortage of foreign currency. According to the local National Bank, the country's dollar reserves have declined by 20% by early March to $ 4 billion in high demand for foreign money provoked by rumors of devaluation of the Belarusian ruble. In connection with such excitement National Bank notified the commercial lending institutions in the country to refuse to sell their currency. Reserves of commercial banks have been exhausted and they began to notify its customers that it is impossible to withdraw currency from plastic cards. In these circumstances, the people of Belarus have decided to buy U.S. dollars in border Russian cities. "Offices of banks are storming the Belarusians. They say they have seized the currency from circulation. The amounts for the exchange of higher than normal, on average, so we have a shortage of currency »,