Hungary is to get an exemption allowing a Russian company to service its subway cars, Bloomberg has reported The European Union is set to grant Hungary an exemption in its latest package of sanctions against Russia that would allow Budapest to keep its metro running, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Islamabad has offered Moscow a barter agreement to shift away from Western currencies in settlements, a minister has said Trade turnover between Russia and Pakistan has grown by over a third since last summer, as the two countries bolster economic ties, Pakistan’s minister for commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

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