The rouble and Russian shares opened with firm gains on Feb. 26, tracking up the rallying oil price and following signs that a ceasefire is taking hold in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) accompanied by Dmitry Pumpyansky, head of TMK, Russia's largest maker of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, visit the Seversky Tube Works in the town of Polevskoy, outside Yekaterinburg, Urals, October.
