Russia Takes More Measures to Prop Up Sanction-Hit Economy

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Moscow Stock Exchange remained closed for the third day in a row on Wednesday as the Russian authorities rolled out additional measures
following the West's decision to slap massive economic sanctions on Russia over the invasion of its pro-Western neighbor Ukraine last
economy has suffered a serious blow," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov conceded, but insisted that "we are still standing."Russian news
agencies reported that among the additional measures to prop up the economy and the currency were bans on foreign investors from selling
cash out of the country.The Russian finance ministry has said it is in favor of abolishing sales or value-added tax on gold purchases by