Originally Posted by holograph

funny lingvo

there is one great point in the quote above
no financial institutions can hold your money hostage without any good explanation provided.
the visa card belongs to the SNKANB. if you have significant amount of money held up there it is advised to hire lawyer on the island or in the region and have him write up formal request mailed both to SNKANB and their Central Bank. since both institutions are official they should have procedures in place for CB to look closely into the situation and both places respond in timely matter regarding why your funds are unaccessible and or offer a solution to withdraw them

Originally Posted by TheDoc

So get a lawyer locally (or as a group get one), get some papers drafted up with the info provided and signed, send to the local bank and world bank, they will either tell you how to get the money, give the money, or tell you why you can't - if anything it starts an audit.

That about right for those that can actually read Russian?