Crimea residents are queuing up around the block to withdraw funds as Buzzfeed's Max Seddon reports the territory's new authority plans to appropriate Ukrainian bank branches' assets "for the use of the Crimean budget special fund."
The head of Ukraine's central bank said moving cash in the Crimea has become difficult, according to the Toronto Globe and Mail's Paul Waldie.
Seddon says at least one bank is limiting withdrawals to as little as $33, or 320 Ukrainian hryvnia.
Here's a photo from ABC's Alexander Marquardt, who says people are not panicking despite the long lines:
More long lines at Simferopol branch of #Ukraine's biggest bank, Oshad. #Crimea pic.twitter.com/hkvEzuyiis
- Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) March 13, 2014
And another from RadioSvoboda:
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