Russia’s New York Stocks in Peril as Kremlin Makes Plea

When Russia’s first deputy prime minister urged companies to delist from overseas stock markets two days ago, he made a reference to concerns about the country’s “economic security.”

While Igor Shuvalov didn’t specify what the security issues are, there may be reasons for the Kremlin to be concerned about stock trading as the U.S. andEurope threaten to step up sanctions against Russia, according to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. The New York-listed equities of any company that the Treasury Department adds to the sanctions list would become off limits to U.S. investors, said Judith A. Lee, a sanctions lawyer at Gibson Dunn inWashington.

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