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The Russian Stock Market Just Surged After Putin Unexpectedly Pardons Oil Tycoon

Joe WeisenthalDec 19, 2013, 18:23 IST

Big news out of Russia.

Vladimir Putin will pardon Russian oil tycoon Victor Khodorkovsky, who has spent the last 1o years in jail.

ZeroHedge points out that on the news Russia's stock market is surging.

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