JAKARTA -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday appealed to Southeast Asian countries to work together to revive flagging trade with his country, using a forum here to pitch the use of national currencies, rather than dollars, to evade Western sanctions.
The sanctions, leveled after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, have led to a 4.4% drop in trade between Russia and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
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