“Given that the inflation forecast is 4%, the key (the rate of the Central Bank of Russia is 4.25%. - RT ) the yield on basic deposits is a little over four, we certainly run the risk that our real profitability of deposits, taking into account inflation, will return to the situation of 1995 -1996 ", - quotes RIA Novosti his words.

Pechatnikov clarified that at that time, citizens did not perceive deposits as a possible source of income, because "inflation exceeded the rate on deposits."

Earlier, the head of the analytical department of the BKF bank, Maxim Osadchiy, assessed the situation with foreign currency deposits of Russians.