For the first time, Jim Rogers is bullish on Russia. Last week, the American investor, who founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, told CNBC he is buying Russian bonds, currency and equities because nobody else is.
"Russia is terribly depressed," he said. "Everybody hates Russia That's how you make money. You find something that everybody hates." Rogers, who avoided Russian stocks for 46 years, believes the nation will recover and that President Vladimir Putin is not an obstacle to progress.
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