very old, outdated news. fortunately, it was not written as : BREAKING !!!! Russian stock exchange expands hours ! professional writers (esp from CNBC) like to misuse the word BREAKING.
Russian stock exchange market nowadays bears difficulties. Everything because of the situation around Ukraine and Donbass/Lugansk territories. I guess such a state of affairs we could notice in 2014, when everything developed on the same scenario. Unfortunately, everything comes to the capturing of these territories by Russia. However, I believe EU representatives as well as the US will influence the decision of Russian government and they will calm down. It's pretty difficult nowadays to guess how will the events be developing. The rest we have now is to hope for the recovery on the Russian stock market, because it really affects other markets, albeit indirectly.