This was reported by RBC news agency, citing statistics from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Russia.

Zhao Lijian commented on the statement that the Chinese Communist Party poses a more serious challenge for the United States than the Cold War with the USSR.

Activists are forming “chains of solidarity”: women with flowers line up in the streets of the city.

“What the EU could do, what Poland could offer is to aim sanctions at Russia and not at Belarus. Because this looks like punishing a sword, not a hand,” Jacek Sariusz-Wolski said.

“If the Russians are offering money to kill Americans or, for that matter, other Westerners as well, there will be an enormous price to pay,” US State Secretary said.