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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.

Allowing a Russian victory in the conflict would deprive America of access to vast mineral resources, Lindsey Graham says Washington “cannot afford” to allow Russia to achieve victory in the Ukraine conflict as this would mean losing direct access to vast mineral assets, US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has said.