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Russia will have no use for the US dollar in the foreseeable future, according to the head of the State Duma Financial Market Committee, Anatoly Aksakov. The lawmaker explained that Western sanctions against Russia make it impossible for the country to purchase many American and European goods, which “makes their currencies useless.”

Reality is different from public statements, a German journalist who just visited Kiev has said While the Ukrainian government paints a rosy picture of the conflict at press conferences, senior officials admit in private that the situation is grim, Paul Ronzheimer, the deputy editor-in-chief at the German outlet BILD, said on Friday.