The Russian currency strengthened to more than a one-month high during trading on Tuesday, surging over 10% amid signs of progress in peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators. The looming ruble-for-gas payments deadline has also been lifting the currency.
){kind=link}
Chancellor Karl Nehammer mistakenly used a picture featuring the Russian currency in his party’s PR campaign Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer became the target of online jokes this week following an X (formerly Twitter) post promoting his party’s ‘Believe in Austria’ PR campaign that featured an image of Russian rubles instead of euros.
){kind=link}
The president also called on Washington to end its decades-long trade embargo on Cuba Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged the United States to end its economic penalties on Venezuela, part of a sweeping proposal to tackle Latin America’s migration crisis.
){kind=link}