Was the Russian Central Bank Awake?

The Russian Finance Minister announced that half of Russian foreign reserves and gold has been frozen by sanctions.  How is it possible that Russia’s central bank was keeping Russian reserves in countries where it could be confiscated?  If this has happened, it is idiocy of the highest magnitude.  Pepe Escobar asks Michael Hudson the explanation. …
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