The Russian banking system is facing its fifth consecutive month of cash depletion, with citizens and businesses withdrawing an average of 380.7 billion rubles ($4.89 billion) monthly between February and June, totaling a massive 1.903 trillion ruble ($24.48 billion) drain, as reported by The Moscow Times on July 1. According to data released by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the volume of cash in circulation surged by another 449.7…