There is a correct sequence of actions to prevent this from happening.
Yeah, and it goes like this:
#1: Don't be so stupid as to trust anyone in Russia with anything financial. Or really, anything else.
#2: ...nothing else is necessary.
You have the wrong stereotype. Look for alternative information, not only in local newspapers and TV. You will be very surprised by the actual situation.
Let me guess: you have stacks and stacks of bullshit ready to retail to anyone who will listen? What an immense surprise.
Method to determine if Russia is lying: are they saying anything at all? Then yes, they're lying.
"Every word he wrote was a lie, including 'a' and 'the'."
-- Mary McCarthy
You consider their leader impotent. Just answer the question. Why is there so much talk about him in the world and why can't they get rid of him?
You haven't read much history, have you? There were plenty of newspapers, radio broadcasts, etc. about Hussein, Qaddafi, Amin, and bin Laden before they were killed like dogs. Putler should be joining them fairly soon - he's perfectly fit to be part of that group.
Tell you what, though: if you have the balls to actually help the Russian people by destroying that vile piece of shit, the folks here just might consider your request afterwards. You know, a sort of a sympathy'n'gratitude investment. Otherwise, don't bother asking.
Look at this chart in half a year or a year, and see who is impotent.



Has there
ever been a shill, in all of human history, who
didn't promise this exact kind of a pig in a poke? "Pie in the sky, by and by... long after I'm gone, of course. Unmarked cash only, please."
This is not the ruble exchange rate, this is the MOEX index.
Which bears the stink of the corrupt, crime-ridden, evil system that it exists in, and carries infinite counter-party - not to mention the legal, moral, and ethical - risks.
In short: Russian warship, go fuck yourself.