You don't have to be an economist to see that the Russian economy is in trouble, especially when the Kremlin shuts down both of its leading stock markets:  Russian markets suspend trading after sharp falls2 hours agoMOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's two leading stock markets suspended trading on Wednesday as stocks continued to fall sharply amid global market turmoil.Trading was halted on the dollar-denominated RTS on the orders of a government agency after falling 6.39 percent in the first two hours. The index has lost 57 percent since hitting an all-time high in May."Trading was stopped at 12:10 pm (0810 GMT) on the orders of the Federal Service for the Financial Markets," an RTS spokesman said. "We do not know when trading will resume, this is not our decision."Of course, it's American's fault:Analysts said the fall was due to turmoil on Wall Street in the wake of the Lehman Brothers investment bank collapse, a massive US government bailout of insurance giant AIG [....(Read Full Post)