Russian stock market faces heavy restrictions as limited trading resumes

A woman stands in a currency exchange office in St Petersburg (AP)

The Russian stock market has opened for limited trading under heavy restrictions for the first time since Moscow invaded Ukraine.

Trading of a limited number of stocks, including energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft, took place under curbs meant to prevent a repeat of the massive sell-off on February 24 that came in anticipation of Western economic sanctions.