MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. Index provider MSCI may exclude Russia from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the provider said.

Possible restricting measures, such as capital or currency controls may result in a considerably worse accessibility of Russian security market and may result in Russia to be excluded from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and reclassification of this market in a standalone market, MSCI said.

The MSCI Emerging Markets global index comprises 26 indexes, including Russia, Argentina, Mexico, Thailand and several other countries. These rankings are meant to measure indices on the stock market. Shares of 20 leading Russian companies are put on the MSCI Russia index.