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business dailyreported Wednesday.China has emerged as a major economic lifeline for Russia since the West slapped sanctions on Moscow in
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Trade between the two countries hit a record high of $240 billion in 2023.Kommersant, citing Chinese customs data, reported that China
increasingly dependent on China for exporting its energy commodities.However, amid the surging trade, threats of U.S
sanctions on Chinese banks have created bottlenecks in cross-border payments between Russia and China due to stricter compliance procedures
from Chinese banks.Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China in his first foreign trip since re-election in May, with mediareporting
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