Reuters 2021: “Foreign funds now own 81% of all shares listed on Moscow Exchange”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-moex-idUSKBN2EZ1XU

I seriously think we’re undermining the repercussions of $MOEX and the heavy sanctions imposed on the market. When Russia’s stock market reopens I fear there will be a lot of liquidity and margin issues.

“Foreign funds held 80.7% of shares freely floated on the stock market as of July 1, the Moscow Exchange’s head of primary markets, Natalia Loginova, told media during a webinar. That was up from 65.6% in 2020, but slightly below 83.3% in 2019.

Loginova said investors from the United States and Canada accounted for 54% of the total, with 22% from the United Kingdom and 21% from the rest of Europe.”

All the countries sanctioning Russia are major stakeholders in Russia’s market.

What is the likely outcome of Russia’s soon to be market sell-off?