
President Donald Trump issued a breezy warning to his Russian counterpart Friday against meddling in US elections, laughing and smiling as he told his counterpart not to interfere. “Don’t meddle in the election, please,” Trump said, smirking and wagging his finger at Putin. He only raised the matter after being ...

Russia and China signed an intergovernmental agreement to switch to national currencies in mutual payments earlier this month, the Izvestiya newspaper reported on Friday, citing a letter from the Russian Finance Ministry. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Chinese People’s Bank Governor Yi Gang signed the agreement on 5 June, ...