World markets are rapidly declining against the backdrop of the situation around Ukraine. In Japan, the Nikkei index has lost more than one and a half percent since the opening. Futures for US indices are in the red within half a percent. Trades in the United States were not held the day before due to the holiday, but the Russian stock market survived Black Monday.
It turned into the strongest decline in the last 14 years. The Moscow Exchange index collapsed by almost 14%, at the moment the fall was even greater. The RTS currency index also lost more than 13 percent, and in the course of trading it went negative and by 17 percent. The last time something like this happened was in November 2008, when one of the largest financial crises in history broke out.
Sales began after the meeting of the Security Council of Russia on the issue recognition of the LNR and DNRthe TV channel notes “Russia 24”. Late in the evening Vladimir Putin signed the corresponding document. The decision was greeted by Western countries with the threat of sanctions, however, the president said that they would have been introduced in any case and under any pretext.
