As Russia’s economic crisis escalates, in the wake of a slew of war-related financial sanctions from the West, the Kremlin risks being pushed to a debt default.
If this happens, it will be Russia’s first sovereign default since its financial crisis in 1998, which spread virulently through emerging market economies worldwide — causing various countries’ market indices to plummet.
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