The currency has even reportedly been used as a means of payment with the UK, US, and EU
Russia is increasing the share of the Chinese yuan in foreign trade and not exclusively with China, RBK reported on Thursday, citing a data from the Economic Development Ministry.
According to the ministry’s calculations, in the first half of 2023, 75% of Russian-Chinese trade turnover was settled in yuan. The yuan’s share in Russia’s settlements with partners besides China also surged in the reporting period and amounted to 25%.
Moreover, the average daily volume of trading in the ruble-yuan pair on the Moscow Exchange approached 200 billion rubles ($2 billion) in the first half of the year, a 100-fold increase since the beginning of 2022, the ministry said.....more below
https://www.rt.com/business/583690-russia-boosts-yuan-settlements/
Ghana is interested in purchasing a floating nuclear power plant from Russia, Ghanaian Ambassador to Russian Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah told Sputnik.
"I know that our minister of energy was here last year and signed a corresponding agreement. I think this is innovative, and in a conversation with the minister of energy, he said that the country is interested.
So, Ghana could purchase such a nuclear power plant," the diplomat said when asked about the possibility of Ghana purchasing a floating nuclear power plant.
Russia and Ghana began cooperation in the field of nuclear energy after signing an intergovernmental agreement in 2015.
The agreement outlined plans for joint work in the areas of training specialists, building nuclear power plants and related infrastructure, and providing maintenance services. In October 2023, representatives of Rosatom met with the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in Cape Town. At the meeting, Russia proposed using floating nuclear power plants to supply power to ...
