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Russian gas giant Gazprom said Tuesday that China will start paying for Russian gas in rubles and yuan instead of Western currency, as Moscow seeks closer ties with Beijing in the wake of economic sanctions over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.  “A transition was made to making payments for Russian gas supplies to China in the national currencies of the countries — the ruble and yuan,” Gazprom said in a statement following a video conference meeting with Chinese oil group… Source link

Matti/Pexels Sanctions On Russia Go To Eleven  In our previous post (Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Risks and Opportunities), we wrote that one reason U.S. markets bounced after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was that Russia’s invasion didn’t lead to war with NATO, and the West hasn’t so far resorted to nuclear-level sanctions against Russia, such as removing it from SWIFT or boycotting its energy exports. But we cautioned that a couple of big outstanding risks remained. First,… Source link