Yuan: How China’s currency props up Putin’s anemic budget
By DW
04 February 2023 |
2:07 pm
Russia has started selling its growing reserves of the Chinese currency to fill a budget deficit caused by falling oil and gas revenues and the costs of war. For how long will the yuan shore up Putin's ailing economy?
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