Mr Lebedev's spokesman, Artyom Artyomov said the decision was "absolute nonsense and completely impossible to implement", and that he would continue to campaign as normal while he appealed.

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They assumed that all hedge fund vehicles would provide absolute returns regardless of market conditions, that they were completely transparent if the fund manager said so, and they would provide liquidity if a redemption was met.

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During the lifts, the room would go completely quiet no whoops or catcalls, just the deep silence of absolute concentration.

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Wine scores are merely a static symbol, an absolute definition based on a singular contact with a wine, and thus completely ineffective when applied to a dynamic, evolving and multifaceted product.

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Ignoring for a second that this comparison completely ignores the vastly different risk profile of these two investments, it also ignores the fact that on an absolute basis, a 2% dividend yield is among the lowest in history and portends very low returns going forward.

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