Next step in ditching US dollar? Putin and Xi Jinping meet in Eastern Economic Forum

by in Russia Today

Key leaders and business chiefs from across the Asia-Pacific region have gathered in Russia’s port city of Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum.

On the sidelines of the event, President Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have been holding closed-door talks.

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