Yuan benefiting from sanctions on Russia – tycoon

Western restrictions imposed on Moscow have boosted the Chinese currency, Oleg Deripaska claims The share of Chinese yuan in global payments has nearly doubled because of the sanctions policies pursued by the US and the EU, Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska said on Wednesday.

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Notorious Ukrainian envoy lashes out at Merkel’s security speech

The former German Chancellor has “borderline obsession” with Russia, Andrey Melnik claims Angela Merkel’s attitude towards Russia is “borderline obsession” and looks “almost perverse,” Andrey Melnik, Kiev’s outgoing ambassador to Berlin said. He criticized the former chancellor for saying that Russia has a role to play in European security.

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Monsieur général: How France's Macron is trying to distract from the economic crisis by impersonating a military tough-guy

Will transforming into a pro-American version of the fiercely independent Charles De Gaulle wash with the public? At the Paris military event in honor of Bastille Day on July 14, infantry troops from nine countries – France’s NATO allies Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria – were the first to…

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