Russian stock markets closed until Friday

Medvedev calls for more measuresMOSCOW (AP) — Russia closed its stock exchanges for a second day Thursday as President Dmitry Medvedev pledged a 500 billion ruble ($20 billion) injection into financial markets to stem a dizzying plummet in share prices — and quash fears of a repeat of the country’s 1998 financial collapse.Russian President Dmitry [...] continue reading the breaking news