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Russia's economy is facing a "moment of truth" as high inflation, an ailing private sector, and critical shortages are poised to constrain Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine, according to economist ...
Prior to the U.S. exchange halts, Russia’s Central Bank closed the Moscow Stock Exchange — sending shares of Russian stocks listed in the U.S. tumbling. Investors on London’s Stock Exchange ...
The five-year CDS probability of default for five of Russia's largest stocks has surged to more than 80% from a pre-war level of just 20%.
Indexes of Russian and US equities (1865 - 1917). There existed a fledgling financial market in Russia before 1917 but these were closed after the Russian Revolution. The history of the stock market of the Russian Empire before 1917 was not directly related to the history of the modern Russian securities market. [1]
The Moscow stock exchange remained closed on Tuesday and Wednesday as well, marking the longest stock market closure since October 1998. [228] It further remained closed until 21 March 2022, marking almost a full month of closure. [229] [230] The Russian ruble fell to record lows as Russians rushed to exchange money.
The Great Recession in Russia was a crisis during 2008–2009 in the Russian financial markets as well as an economic recession that was compounded by political fears after the war with Georgia and by the plummeting price of Urals heavy crude oil, which lost more than 70% of its value since its record peak of US$147 on 4 July 2008 before rebounding moderately in 2009.
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The crisis affected the Russian economy, both consumers and companies, and regional financial markets, as well as Putin's ambitions regarding the Eurasian Economic Union. The Russian stock market experienced large declines, with a 30% drop in the RTS Index from the beginning of December through 16 December 2014.