The situation in the stock markets does not inspire optimism The ongoing decline in financial markets - the world and Russian - forced experts to recall the 2008 crisis. Only on September 23, on the last day of the week, the Russian stock market against the backdrop of relatively favorable news from Europe, somewhat slowed down the pace of its fall, marked in recent days. Prior to this, on Thursday, September 22, its main indices decreased by about 8 percent.