India ditches US dollar in Russia trade – Reuters

India’s imports

New Delhi turns to Chinese yuan and Emirati dirham to pay for coal from sanction-hit country.

India’s imports of Russian coal increased dramatically in July with the South Asian nation switching to non-dollar payments to secure deals, Reuters reports. Moscow is trying to avoid dollar transactions amid US sanctions, describing the currency as ‘toxic.’

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