Source link Kiev’s name-and-shame campaign aims to force foreign businesses to cut ties with Moscow Ukraine could do away with its list of ‘international sponsors of war’ this week following pressure to end the name-and-shame campaign by China, Reuters has claimed, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Other countries may also have forced Ukraine’s […]
Source link The historic meeting in between the president of Chad and Vladimir Putin in Moscow outlines new contours of Russian-African future In many ways, the Russia-Africa Summit that was held in July 2023 is going on to this day. Since that event, the leaders of three African countries – South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and, […]
Source link Participants in a survey believe that adopting the single currency would risk price increases A majority of Czechs are skeptical about transitioning to the euro, believing that adopting the single currency would carry inflationary risks and would not benefit the country, the media outlet iRozhlas reported this week, citing the latest poll. Some […]
Source link The sanctioned countries no longer need the Western system for transactions, says the deputy head of the Central Bank of Iran Iran and Russia have officially switched from the West’s SWIFT system to a direct interbank transfers mechanism, the deputy head of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said. Mohsen Karimi told […]
Source link Iran and Russia have officially abandoned the US dollar for mutual settlements after the countries finalized an agreement to trade in the ruble and the rial, Iranian news agency IRNA reported this week. The agreement was sealed during a meeting in Russia between the heads of the central banks of the two countries, the […]
Source link The bloc’s member states should further strengthen economic ties, according to FM The sustainable development of financial relations and settlements within the BRICS organization is very important for all member states, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has said. The statement was made at the Russia-China Financial Dialogue forum in Beijing on Monday, where […]
Source link Budapest openly opposes sanctions and has continued energy cooperation with Moscow Hungary should end its dependence on Russian energy, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said during POLITICO’s Sustainability Future Week summit in Brussels on Tuesday. According to the bloc’s energy chief, it is “not [in Hungary’s] interest to continue this dependence.” “Even Hungary […]