1) Sanctions and America hates Russia under Obama priced in to the max.
2) Trump appears to have a friendlier tone when he speaks about Russia
3) The stock price has not gone up that much since the election so the Trump on trade has not priced in here yet.
4) Trumps cabinet appointee for Security has ties to Russia and has written articles for the Russian news service RN.
5) RUSL/Russia stock price is heavily tied to price of oil. Russia said over the weekend they are ready for Oil output freeze and thinks Opec will reach a deal to freeze oil production later this month.
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