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US President Joe Biden denied any connection to Washington or NATO with the events between the "Wagner" forces and Moscow.
And the US President indicated - according to the American "Al-Hurra" channel today, Tuesday, that "this rebellion came in the context of a conflict within the Russian system," stressing that "the Americans and their allies do not want to give any pretext to President Putin to accuse the Westerners or NATO," again at the time The same assertion "Washington's support for Kiev, regardless of what happens in Moscow."
Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that we will not allow any rebellion attempt to undermine Russia's unity, indicating that the possibility of Ukrainian intelligence cooperation with the "Wagner" leader exists, explaining that "Russian intelligence is investigating whether Western intelligence services are involved in what It happened last Saturday," according to the Middle East News Agency
This came as the British Financial Times newspaper said that global financial markets began to get rid of the fears that prevailed during the past days due to the Wagner rebellion in Russia over the end of last week, which led to a recovery in global stocks in general on the first trading days of the new week.
In Britain, the FTSE 100 index of the London Stock Exchange showed its worst performance since last March, which came as a result of the escalation of negativity in the markets and its extension from last Friday to the opening of the first session of European stock exchange trading last Monday.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, announced last week the possibility of two rate hikes through the end of this year.
The Financial Times indicated that the Strategic Analysis of Financial Assets unit in the JP Morgan Group said: “We expect growth to achieve moderate progress in (the second half of 2023), as the momentum that supported the services sector in the recent period has faded due to the tightening monetary policy and the tightening of credit restrictions.” ".
The Standard & Poor's 500 index of the US Stock Exchange rose by 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Heavy Technological Industries index lost about 1.2%. Defense companies in Europe.
Oil futures were the assets most directly affected by "the drama of last weekend when Russia witnessed a revolt against the country's leader Vladimir Putin" by Wagner's mercenaries.
Traders in the global oil markets saw concerns about the possibility of a decline in the supply of Russian oil in the event of Putin's overthrow, which is the direct impact that occurred on prices, which rose to a large extent in the first session of the trading week of the new trading.
And often leads to any concerns about the shortage of oil supply, especially when this shortage of the third largest oil producers in the world, to raise prices.
In Moscow, the Russian ruble is suffering a sharp drop to its lowest level in 15 months, bringing the exchange rate to 87 rubles per US dollar.
Source: agencies