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The share of ruble-dong settlements in mutual trade has been steadily rising, the president says Around 60% of transactions between Russia and Vietnam are now carried out using the countries’ respective currencies, bypassing the US dollar and euro, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The platform lacks transparency and is filled with “Russian activities,” Ukraine’s culture minister has alleged Ukraine needs to introduce a kind of “regulatory” mechanism for Telegram, Culture Minister Alexander Tkachenko has said. The minister made the remarks in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine published on Friday.