Economic cooperation between the two countries has been gaining momentum, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry Moscow and Tehran intend to further increase the share of their national currencies in mutual settlements, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Friday, adding that the sides have been strengthening cooperation in the banking sector.

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An elite force tried to seize the Zaporozhye NPP last autumn, the newspaper’s sources have claimed A “highly dangerous” Ukrainian operation to capture the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant last year ended in failure due to heavy Russian resistance, The Times reported on Friday, citing sources.