Foreign investors began buying shares associated with Russia in anticipation of the abolition of sanctions

He pointed out that he receives a “mass of calls” from foreign investors who want to find out how to exchange values ​​in the Russian market. However, Marinichev’s response is impossible to do this now due to the prohibition of US investments in Russian assets is perceived by its clients as “calling to find an escape,” says Bloomberg.

In this sense, foreign investors buy shares associated with Russia in other bags. In particular, the cost of Rusal’s shares in the exchange of Hong Kong increased by approximately 75%, and the cost of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, which has a “daughter” in Russia, increased 35%this year in the exchange of Vienna.

Interest in coins. Bloomberg also pointed out that in February, Kazakhstan Tenge was strengthened in February by 4%, which is one of the best indicators among all coins. In addition, since the beginning of the year, the Russian ruble has grown by 15%. However, trade in these currencies is available for Russians or investors of “friendly” jurisdictions of jurisdictions that do not participate in the sanctions regime, for example, the EAU and Kazakhstan.

The purchase of financial managers of any asset, at least in some way related to Russia, attests to their “impatient” expectation of peace negotiations in Ukraine, says Bloomberg. However, the potential uprising of Russia’s sanctions under a peace agreement does not “unravel the entire complex network of restrictions”, since it is likely that European sanctions remain, the agency writes. In addition, some of the restrictions are enshrined in US legislation, and Congress approval must cancel them.

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