Insight - Wall Street scrambling for the exits in Moscow

Citigroup Inc, which has thousands of employees and billions of dollars of assets in Russia, has said it will cut back much of its business in the country. Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Deutsche Bank AG are also heading for the exit, with some financiers relocating to other hubs such as Dubai.

FOR decades, global finance firms eagerly catered to Russian firms, billionaires and the government. Then tanks started rolling into Ukraine.

Citigroup Inc, which has thousands of employees and billions of dollars of assets in Russia, has said it will cut back much of its business in the country. Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Deutsche Bank AG are also heading for the exit, with some financiers relocating to other hubs such as Dubai.