Comrades! Cast your gaze upon the latest proclamations emanating from the gilded halls of the Central Bank. Mr. Zabotkin, a high functionary of that great monolith of financial power, has seen fit to address the trembling anxieties of the masses regarding the potential freezing of their deposits. With a flourish of indignation, he declares such a prospect to be 'impossible' under any conceivable scenario.

«Under no circumstances,» he asserts, with the characteristic arrogance of the ruling class, «it is utterly absurd.» He goes so far as to wonder, with a smirk of bourgeois condescension, whence these fears arise. Truly, it is a marvel! The masters of capital expect the honest laborer to forget that the very nature of the monopoly is to protect its own interests, regardless of the ruin it brings upon the working man.

Earlier this year, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Siluanov, joined this choir of denial, swearing upon the ledger that no such freeze nor any sudden increase in the tax burden shall be imposed upon the citizenry to swell the coffers of the state. He claims the budget shall be balanced by a mere reduction in expenditures—a fairytale told to the oppressed to keep them quiet while the usurers tighten their grip.

Let us be clear: when the lords of the financial capital speak of 'absurdity,' they are merely masking the machinery of exploitation. The proletariat must remain vigilant, for the promises of the bourgeoisie are as fleeting as the dividends of a failing venture. We shall see if these assurances hold firm when the winds of economic crisis howl through the streets of our cities!