Russia Is Still Russia. But Its Stocks Are Suddenly Worth Buying Again.

A lot of things are suddenly going Russia’s way, the most important of them emanating from Washington. The Mueller Report, despite voluminous detail on Moscow’s election interference, broke no news on that score that could combat the prevailing “sanctions fatigue.” The Trump administration’s reinvigorated campaign to block Iranian export is putting one more prop under a surging oil market. In Ukraine, the more-or-less peace candidate, erstwhile comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, won the presidential election.

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