Emerging-market stocks fell for the first time in five days as Russian equities led global losses and the ruble plunged after Standard & Poor’s cut the country’s credit rating to junk and fighting flared in Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg: Russia leads emerging-stock decline on Ukraine as ruble plunges
Russia's Communist Party supporters dressed as white bears, symbol of pro-President party United Russia, saw a model of a one Russian ruble coin during a rally against ruble fall in exchange in front of the headquarters of the government in central Moscow.
