The Russian authorities are considering the possibility of compulsory buyout of shares from residents of “unfriendly” countries. This was announced by Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseyev at a meeting of the State Duma.

“This issue is being considered now, absolutely the right issue,” he said (quoted by Interfax).

Thus, the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance responded to the question of one of the deputies, to what extent it would be appropriate to expand the instrument of forced buyout of shares to respond to the actions of countries that have imposed sanctions against Russia.

“The only thing is that we have to be careful here for the reason that we have 17 million of our citizens who bought shares, and not all of them bought these shares directly through Russian intermediaries, some through foreign ones,” Moiseyev added.

According to the decision of the Central Bank of Russia, since February 25, the stock market Mosbirge has not been trading.