Footage captured in St. Petersburg shows hundreds of Russians queuing at ATMs to take out cash in anticipation of Russian banks being excluded from the SWIFT payment system.

People were seen on the morning of February 27th waiting to stock up on cash before they potentially lost access to the international banking infrastructure, which is predicted among a number of economic sanctions on Russia.

This video captured in Russia's St. Petersburg shows hundreds of Russians queuing outside the ATMs to take out cash . People were seen waiting in long lines in an apparent race to stock up on cash before they potentially lost access to international banking infrastructure
Following an agreement to exclude Russia from the global payments system SWIFT in a tough Western response to the country's invasion of Ukraine .