The Russian leader also warned that the US planned to station intermediate and shorter-range missiles in “forward deployment areas,” including the Asia-Pacific region. This appeared to echo comments Putin made over the summer criticizing Washington’s ...

Russian authorities have begun to convert trade with China into cryptocurrency. The first group of importers to be allowed to pay for Chinese goods in digital currencies included electronics manufacturers and several banks,

European Union sanctions could target financial institutions that underpin battlefield product flows to Russia as well as the supply of products made in southeast Asia by Western subsidiaries, the EU's sanctions envoy said on Wednesday.

The EU has set a new priority area for sanctions. These are now the financial institutions that support the supply of military products to Russia. Source: Reuters Details: The European Union may tighten sanctions targeting financial institutions that support the flow of military products to Russia and the supply of goods produced by Western