Issue 4270. Last Updated: 11/08/2009

Economic Crisis Will Not Be Televised

By Anna Smolchenko
As a wave of grim news swept in from global markets Monday, the MICEX halted trading a record three times, while the RTS shut down twice. The day still ended in a bloodbath, with both indexes plummeting about 19 percent.

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