China-Russia trade hits record high in 2021 amid stronger energy cooperation: Russian envoy
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, logistic hurdles and other challenges, trade between China and Russia in 2021 bucked the trend by jumping 35 percent year-on-year to $147 billion, exceeding the pre-pandemic level in 2019 and reaching a record high, Russian and Chinese officials said. Rising bulk commodity prices and energy consumption drove the trade growth against ...