German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said Berlin is reluctant to provide longer-range munitions to Kiev out of concern for a possible escalation should Ukraine decide to use them to strike Russian territory.

Operations will be referred to external banking partners, Gazprombank chairman says Gazprombank will cease operations in Switzerland after “a strategic review of various options,” Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ivan Dun, said in a statement on Monday.

Purchases were the highest on record in January-September, the World Gold Council has said Central banks bought 800 tons of gold from January to September this year, the highest on record for the nine-month period, according to the World Gold Council.