Russian ADRs plunge on Georgia conflict

NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Russian shares traded in the United States dropped on Friday, after Russia sent forces into Georgia to repel a Georgian assault on the breakaway South Ossetia region. Georgia's pro-Western president said the two countries were at war. Russia's benchmark RTS equity index fell to a 14-month low and the rouble lost 1 percent against a euro/dollar basket. ADRs of Russian fixed-line telecoms firm Rostelecom... [read full story]                    

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