Western sanctions drive Russia to revive 1990s barter trade

Trade sanctions from across the Atlantic have Russia’s foreign commerce considering barter trade for the first time in three decades. Companies are reportedly swapping wheat and cars with the Chinese for construction materials to circumvent trade channels blocked by the West. Barter trade in Russia was common in the 1990s after the Soviet collapse, which […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/russia-revives-barter-trade-beat-sanctions/