MOSCOW: Russian stock indexes plunged to the lowest levels since 2009 on Friday, two days before a referendum in Crimea that is expected to provoke western sanctions against Russia.
At 0745 GMT the MICEX stock index was down 4.6 percent at 1,191 points after falling more than 5 percent to reach its lowest point since October 2009, while the dollar-denominated RTS index had fallen 5.1 percent to 1,023 points, the lowest since August 2009.
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