The U.S. and European Union are stepping up the intensity of sanctions after Russia announced it was mobilizing up to 300,000 more troops to join the invasion of Ukraine
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Russia is open to getting paid for its energy products in gold, local currencies, and even Bitcoin, Pavel Zavalny, head of the country’s State Duma committee on energy, said during a March 24 press conference.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared the Western response to Moscow’s ultimatum for NATO unsatisfactory, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team isn’t fretting yet.