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And how an investor can avoid panic Russian stock market, represented by the Moscow exchange index, fell four trading sessions in a row, with 13 on 18 January 2022, — 15 And 16 January was a weekend at the stock exchange. The fall, excluding additional trading sessions, Was 13%. RTS Index, or the dollar version of the Moscow exchange index, during the same days fell more strongly - on 15,2%. This is due to the rise in the dollar.: at the maximum 18 January it exceeded 77 R. The rate of decline in the index is comparable to that, what happened on the stock exchanges in March 2020, When the WHO declared the Coronavirus Pandemic. In the morning session 19 January, the Moscow Exchange index fell to 3205 points, to the level of January 2021. RTS index at the beginning of trading 19 January dropped to 1331,03 - and thus reached the level of December 2020. Then the indices partially recovered. Why the stock market fell Market decline is associated with geopolitical tensions, which arose due to unsuccessful negotiations between Russia, United States and NATO countries on security assurances. Negotiations between Russia and the United States were held on January 9-10 in Geneva, and 12 On January 2009, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels. Following the talks, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, that Western countries have abandoned Russian proposals for security and non-expansion of NATO. There are no grounds for new negotiations in the near future, and Russia, according to Deputy Minister, "There's nowhere left to go". There was other negative news: The US Senate has published a draft of a new package of sanctions against the Russian public debt, banks and the leadership of Russia. These sanctions are designed in case of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the United States considers possible. Russian government denies plans to attack. The project proposes to impose sanctions against at least three financial organizations from the list: Sberbank, VTB, …

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