Moscow’s Ministry of Finance says dollar payments on foreign bonds previously stuck by sanctions are progressing Russia has finally managed to make dollar payments on two foreign bonds after sanctions introduced on the country’s financial system over its offensive in Ukraine had been holding transactions up for weeks.

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The business climate index in the euro area fell to its lowest level in two years in May, according to a preliminary estimate by the EU’s statistics agency, Eurostat, released on Tuesday. Data showed that the indicator, which is based on monthly surveys and is designed to assess the state of the business environment within…