ECB: Ukraine crisis causing capital flight from Russia

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, estimates that the capital outflow from Russia resulting from sanctions over the Ukraine controversy is fourfold the amount admitted by Moscow – as much as $222bn in recent weeks. The Russian finance ministry puts the sum at $51bn in the first quarter of the year, although it has certainly risen since then.

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