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Russian Stock Market Jumps On News Of Khodorkovsky Pardon By …

Russia’s MICEX jumped almost 1% this morning on news that Vladimir Putin had asked for clemency in the jailing of vocal Kremlin critic, Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky has been jailed since 2003 on a variety of tax-evasion, fraid and embezzlement charges though being among the nation’s wealthiest men, the jailing was seen as politically-motivated (because of his political ambitions). […]