mo4ch:>Trade between Russia & Britain on rise despite sinking relations | Mo4ch News

Trade turnover between Russia and the UK may reach $14 billion by the end of 2017, according to Boris Abramov, a Russian trade representative in the UK. Businesses are clearly shrugging off the singularly fraught relationship.“The volume of mutual trade has nearly reached $10 billion from January through September of the current year, marking a 29 percent growth compared to the same period a year ago,” Abramov said at the 4th Russian-British Business Forum, kicking off in London.The Russian official added that non-resource exports had increased by eight percent during the indicated period.“By the end of the year, we expect mutual trade to reach $14 billion,” Abramov said.Also on rt.comMake Moscow evil again! UK general claims Russia is worse than ISISThe comments come amid steadily escalating diplomatic conflict between Moscow and London. Russian-British relations have sunk to historic lows this year after the UK government blamed Russian military intelligence of poisoning former Russ…