(Reuters) – International index supplier MSCI Inc stated on Monday it was carefully monitoring developments in Ukraine and entry to the Russian fairness market within the face of attainable funding sanctions amid rising issues a couple of potential Russian invasion.
Russia has greater than 100,000 troops massed close to the border of Ukraine. It denies Western accusations that it’s planning an invasion, however says it may take unspecified “military-technical” motion except a spread of calls for are met, together with barring Kyiv from ever becoming a member of the NATO alliance.
The USA is relocating its Ukraine embassy operations from the capital Kyiv to the western metropolis of Lviv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Monday, citing a “dramatic acceleration within the buildup of Russian forces”.
Western international locations have threatened sanctions on an unprecedented scale if Russia does invade. The Group of Seven giant economies (G7) warned of “financial and monetary sanctions which could have large and fast penalties on the Russian financial system”.
(Reporting by Dania Nadeem in Bengaluru; Modifying by Shounak Dasgupta)
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