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To: Spekulatius who wrote (53638)	3/22/2014 9:55:14 PM
From: Shane M	1 Recommendation Recommended By Grommit Respond to of 78717

And insiders will get out before you if bad news is coming: economist.com quote: "For example, the Russian newspaper Vedomosti reports that Victor Zubkov, chairman of Gazprom, unloaded his entire stake in the state-owned energy giant on February 11th. The sale followed a February 8th meeting in Sochi between Vladimir Putin and Victor Yanukovich, at which Mr Yanukovich asked for further Russian help in paying Ukraine's gas debts. As Peter Pomerantsev wrote after the stock plunge, "for every announcement about war and peace made by Moscow, equity prices rise madly up or down, and someone, somewhere very near to Putin, is making a killing on the markets." In a state where cronies can ignore insider-trading laws, the Kremlin can create fluctuations in the economy to reward its friends."

To: Spekulatius who wrote (53638)	3/23/2014 12:33:31 PM
From: Spekulatius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78717

Re Russian stocks - there is an excellent article about Russia and implications for investing in Russian stocks from the Fool.com: fool.com Excerpt: Recently, White House spokesman Jay Carney underlined that point by saying, "I wouldn't, if I were you, invest in Russian equities right now unless you were going short." And earlier this week, Reuters revealed that the SEC reached out to investment companies with investments in Russia to make sure they were "properly managing their risks and disclosing their holdings to investors." Finally, Bloomberg has reported that General Electric (NYSE: GE ) and Boeing(NYSE: BA ) are growing increasingly concerned about events in Russia. Both companies have considerable investments there, and are worried that Russian retribution in response to U.S. sanctions could hurt their businesses.