Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing the high costs of war in Ukraine and a troubled economy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

As the West retaliates with an economic war against Russia’s shooting war in Ukraine, Moscow has returned a volley of fire across the global geo-economic chessboard, demanding Western countries pay for its gas in rubles while reaching out diplomatically to China and India. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a televised government meeting on Thursday […]

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