Russia sees the freeze of its government foreign currency accounts as the West’s attempt to organise an artificial default, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. “Statements that Russia cannot fulfill its obligations under the public debt are not true. We have the necessary amount of funds to service our obligations. ...
Diplomatic efforts to broker peace between the warring sides in Ukraine have gathered momentum with negotiators from Moscow and Kiev set to resume talks on Monday. The fourth round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which comes after both sides hailed progress in earlier rounds despite no significant breakthrough, ...