Financial operations with unfriendly countries have plunged byabout 80 percent, Head oftheFederal Service forFinancial Monitoring Yury Chikhanchin told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the working meeting, according to the meeting transcript published on the Kremlin website. According to the official, financial operations with Southeast Asian countries, theArab world, Central Asian countries andsome others have soared about three times over.
“We are posting financial flows, and this means that theeconomy is functioning,” said Yury Chikhanchin.