The ruble headed for the biggest gain in more than three weeks as Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart and U.S. President Barack Obama in France, boosting bets political tension will ease. Stocks entered a bull market and bonds rose.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Ruble advances most in 3 weeks as Putin meets Ukraine president
Russia's currency strengthened 0.8 percent, the most since May 13, to 40.1062 against the central bank's target basket of dollars and euros by 6 p.m. in Moscow.
