It is not interesting to argue with a person who sees everything from one side. And politics doesn't interest me.
The bottom line is, nobody wants to trade MOEX with you. There are better moving indices than Russia.
So you don't want to argue ... but you do want to respond. And respond. And .... "When you're in a hole, stop digging." Pass that on to PuPu too.
Time had already told the tale. Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine the market is moving like shit. Look at the chart Suntrader posted. See what happened to the index after the invasion? It's not moving much relative to other indices.
look at how the US indices moved during the crisis. 2007-2009 years. How long have the markets been falling? By what percent did the market fall? How's the shit? What happened then? And since the beginning of the conflict, only six months have passed so far ...
This isn't 2007-2009! Looks at how it is moving NOW, and compare that with MOEX! Why waste time in it if it is not moving when you have better options out there? To trade an index for the sake of trading it? That's like convincing people to trade class IV milk futures at the CME because one loves the idea of dry milk solids! Ug!
Name another index that dropped 60%+ because basically the whole world sanctioned it? Ain't another. So looking at 2000 or 2007 or 1929 or the Roman Emperor Index (lol if there was such a thing). Sucks big time for Russia and its people they can't get rid of PuPu sooner rather than later, because he will be gone at some point. Until then MOEX likely ain't going anywhere but sideways or more down, down, down.