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Russian companies have established a barter trade system with Pakistan to facilitate economic exchanges without the need for monetary transactions, as they seek to overcome challenges with payments related to Western sanctions on Moscow.

The alternative trade arrangement was signed at the first Pakistan-Russia Trade and Investment Forum in Moscow. According to the Russian state media outlet TASS, the first Russian company to use the mechanism will be Astarta-Agrotrading, which will supply Pakistan with chickpeas and lentils. Pakistan’s Meskay + Femtee Trading Company will reciprocate by providing mandarins and rice.

Under the terms of the agreement, Russia will export 20,000 tons of chickpeas, while Pakistan will supply an equivalent amount of rice. Another contract stipulates that Russia will send 15,000 tons of chickpeas and 10,000 tons of lentils in exchange for 15,000 tons of mandarins and 10,000 tons of potatoes.

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[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 9 points 12 hours ago

St. Petersburg demands pearls.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

Trading shelf stable beans for perishable oranges and potatoes at a 1:1 ratio...

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

As if mandarins weren't expensive enough.

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 77 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

They've been bombed back into a barter economy

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 25 points 21 hours ago

*Sanctioned but yeah.

[–] uber_chicken@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Boo-fucking-hoo

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 65 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Goddamn it, nothing I can say about this is as funny as the fact that it's really happening

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago

Had to double check it wasn't the onion.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 22 hours ago

"Please ignore the missiles hidden inside the crates of mandarins."

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

Quick, let's all go collect sea shells, send them to Russia for free and deal the death blow to their economy by hyperinflation!!

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago