INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
January-March trade turnover reached $38.17 billion, a 28.7% increase compared with the same time last year, the state-run RIA Novosti news
agency reported, citing Chinese customs data.Russian imports from China rose 25.9% to $16.44 billion, while its exports to China jumped 31%
partner for more than a decade, and became its biggest export destination after Western governments imposed sanctions on Moscow following
its annexation of Crimea in 2014.Beijing has called on the West to lift the unprecedented sanctions it levied against Russia over its 2022
military campaign in Ukraine.Days ahead of the invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced a
