Не хотел Вам говорить, но..

RUSL? Less than 100k shares daily volume. Ask/bid spread on options the size of whore's asshole. No thank you

If you really interested in this topic, some info and tips for you:

1. Biggest Russian companies either government companies, partly government companies or affiliated with government and Putins friends.

2. Most of this companies will collapse in no time without government help and protection, this companies wouldn’t be able to compete in fair market conditions.

3. You can’t trust financial statements of this companies, they no where near the truth, in fact it’s straight up bullshit.

4. In times of crisis, like 2008, 2014, 2018 government will make everything in order to save this companies. Last time they butchered state pension fund and raised retirement age only to get money from it and save this companies. Aka save the economy.

5. Small Russian companies already exist in harsh conditions without any help, heavy regulated e.t.c and still manage to sustain. I believe they can handle any crisis better than any other average company in the world.

So if you want to target russian market and short it, I would suggest aiming for international companies that work in Russia and their daughters, they won’t get any help, they tend to struggle way more from macroeconomic crises here. For sectors — natural resource and financial will get huge help and protection, so don’t even bother. Target retail they suffer the most and don’t have any sustainability.

Europeans don't even need to invade Russia this time to freeze to death in the next war. Grandma Gretel is going to get frostbite a thousand miles from Moscow because the heat won't turn on.

— What Novichok flavour do you prefer?
— I’ll take a Navalny wet on the rocks please.

— На залупу себе пут купи
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— In USA you listen to the telefon, in Russia telefon listens to you
— In Soviet Russia, television watches you!

Old Russian joke.

What's the difference between a dollar and a ruble?

Approximately one dollar.