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Nations of the 27-state bloc “don’t want to see” Ankara as a member, Russia has warned Russia has no illusions about Türkiye’s commitments to NATO but would urge Ankara to look realistically about its chances of joining the EU, Moscow has said. The Turkish president had previously linked Sweden’s accession to the US-led military bloc…

Roughly half of Russia’s $640 billion of gold and forex assets held abroad were frozen by Western central banks last March An increasing number of countries are bringing home their bullion reserves in the wake of unprecedented sanctions imposed by the West on Russia, Reuters reported on Monday, citing an Invesco survey of central bank…