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Switzerland has long served as a cornerstone of banking conservatism and a safe port in a world of currency storms. Swiss banks had long been used by

investors from all over the world as financially secure institutions that would preserve the depositor's wealth with confidentiality. A large part of the security

offered was the Swiss franc itself. Russian citizens of wealth had used Swiss banks heavily in recent years as a place where they could shelter their

capital from politics, both inside Russia and the outside $($EU and US$)$ world. But beginning in the fall of $2014$ the Russian ruble's value began to slide

against the Swiss franc, threatening their wealth. $($Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.$)$