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What effect is the #Ukraine crisis having on the financial markets?
Oil prices and safe havens have surged while the ruble and European equities sank after world powers imposed fresh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine
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Pedestrians walk past an electronic board displaying stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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@AFPphoto Changes in the price of Brent North Sea crude oil in US dollars since 2008

@AFPphoto Chart showing Russia's central bank key interest rate since 2013

@AFPphoto #BREAKING Putin focused on economy after Western sanctions: Kremlin

@AFPphoto #BREAKING Kremlin says Russia will ride out Western sanctions

@AFPphoto #UPDATE Russia will be able to ride out Western sanctions over its invasion of #Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday, while President Vladimir Putin will be meeting officials to discuss the economic impact

@AFPphoto #BREAKING Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska says time to end 'state capitalism' in Russia

@AFPphoto #UPDATE Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska said it was time to put an end "all this state capitalism" and change policies as the country's economy reeled from the effects of Western sanctions over Moscow's assault on #Ukraine

@AFPphoto #UPDATE The ruble collapsed against the dollar and the euro on the Moscow Stock Exchange as the West punished Moscow with harsh new sanctions over the Kremlin's invasion of #Ukraine
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@AFPphoto Shares in British energy giant BP slumped Monday, wiping billions of dollars from the company's value after it said it was exiting Russia over the country's invasion of neighbour Ukraine
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@AFPphoto #BREAKING Russia bans flights by airlines from 36 countries, including Britain and Germany: aviation authority

@AFPphoto #BREAKING Switzerland adopts same sanctions as EU against Russia: president

@AFPphoto #UPDATE The #ruble collapsed on Monday, Russians sought to withdraw their savings and a prominent tycoon urged an end to "state capitalism" in Russia as the country reeled from the effects of Western sanctions over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wARC