Capital Markets in #Russia are off-line. After stopping trade in US #Dollar and #Euro a fortnight ago, the #MoscowExchange shut down earlier today. At present the web page of the Russian National Clearing Centre is unreachable.
This could either be the result of a cyber-attack, or a massive liquidity crunch. Your good old "run on the banks". Considering the recent sanctions imposed by the US, the latter seems more likely.
https://eutoday.net/new-u-s-sanctions-on-russias-financial-system/
