Daily Memo: China and Russia Discuss Sanctions Workarounds, Military Ties

The countries agreed to hold larger military drills and regular air and naval patrols.

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No limits. China and Russia will create the financial infrastructure to sanction-proof payments between their countries, expand the scale of joint military exercises and combat training, and conduct regular joint naval and air patrols, according to a joint statement. They also pledged to step up cooperation in banking and insurance regulation and to coordinate more […]

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