I would find it hard to believe that the Russians didn’t know this was coming months ago. Cyprus’s government and banking system are known to be corrupt. Russian ‘black money’ is corrupt. The Russians know corruption. They are not naive nor stupid. I would be truly shocked if there was much in the way of ‘Russian black money’ still in the Cyprus banking system.
Word on the street is that the Big Depositors were tipped off, and some even allowed to move their money out over the weekend, with the Depositors info going "poof"..
So, it would seem the intended targets of this won't be the ones who will suffer. ...
Thought this article from several months ago backs up the fact the Russians knew this was going to go down. Apparently, Germany was throwing it in their face: