Despite the threats to impose a new package of sanctions … the Moscow Stock Exchange is rising

The Moscow Stock Exchange indicators rose today, Tuesday, despite the western threats to impose a new package of sanctions on Russia.

By 11:25 Moscow time, the MEEX -denominated stock index increased by 0.44% to 2934.15 points, while the RTS arrow index climbed 0.43%, registering 1122.53 points. Before that, the United States threatened to escalate sanctions on Russia, and US President Donald Trump said last Sunday evening that he was “not satisfied with the continuation of the war in Ukraine”, But he expressed his confidence in the possibility of stopping it, while Moscow confirmed that the imposition of any American sanctions would not force Russia to change its course, and that the unprecedented number of sanctions imposed on the country did not have any effect.