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Weekend news - European Union to propose a ban on many goods transiting through Russia

Russia's Lavrov says "the west" trying to drive wedge between China and Russia friendship

Russia defence ministry says has begun drill with Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles

Putin: China peace plan to be basis for settlement when Kyiv and west are ready

• Comments from Putin after meeting Xi

China president Xi plans visit to Russia as soon as next week - report

• Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the matter

China's trade with Russia continues to surge in first two months of the year

• Both exports and imports jump by double-digits in January and February

China - Whatever currency used in China-Russia trade should be safe, trustworthy

Xi Jinping plans to visit Moscow

• A push for peace, or a hardening alliance

Putin: Russia has suspended participation in nuclear arms treaty with the US

• Remarks by Russian president, Vladimir Putin

Newsquawk week ahead: Blinken in China; U of Michigan; RBA, BOC minutes

• Secretary of State Blinken will visit China; the Europeans will discuss the US Inflation Reduction Act; we get further central bank events, by way of BoC minutes, and rate decisions from the RBA, Riksbank, Banxico and CBR

Explosions reported in several places in Iran

• Suspected attacks on military plants, perhaps elsewhere

Oil & gas revenue will dictate Russian FX intervention in FX in 2023, but in yuan, not USD

Putin will sign a decree on the response to the oil price cap on Monday or Tuesday

• Reports have said that harsh responses aren't likely

Russia orders withdrawal from Kherson

• Rumors about this have been spreading

Putin: The west is saying its world view should be universal

• Comments from Putin