Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Belarusians storm currency exchangers (video)

Speculative demand for the currency in Belarus has led to literally storm exchange points. "The excitement of buying a currency in Belarus passed the border, where people quietly accept a deficit. One of our readers took the form of open currency exchange office in the shopping center "Crown", - said in a statement on the opposition website "Charter 97", reports Gazeta.ru. On a short clip, titled "90-s returned. Storming exchanger in Minsk, "a period of 14 seconds, much like people running into the showroom. Two of them fall under the crush, but people do not even notice and continued, stepping on the fallen, to flee to foreign currency exchange. In the shopping complex runs at least 30 people, only then people start to go quieter. In anticipation of the devaluation in Belarus since March, remains speculative demand for currency. From the beginning, the country's foreign exchange reserves fell by 30%. IMF urges the Belarusian authorities to hold a significant devaluation. The devaluation has already happened in early 2009. Mindful of those events, the citizens began to transfer their savings in euros and dollars

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