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The Russian Foreign Minister on Thursday said “a new and very important period has begun in the group's activity”.
China has maintained it will not have veto powers at the AIIB, unlike the World Bank where Washington has a limited veto.
The European Union says that one-fifth to one-fourth of its gas supplies come from Russia via the Ukraine.
Governments in Russia, China and India have in recent years seen an uneasy relationship with civil society and advocacy groups.
US State Department’s top diplomat has last week compared China’s behavior in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.
Russia has said western countries were obliged to ensure that Kiev also stuck by the terms of the Minsk agreement.
Russia also said the EU decision to prolong the sanctions was "guaranteed to cause hundreds of thousands of Europeans to lose their jobs".
The coin's run will be limited to 1,500 and collectors are expected to snap many of them up.
The group’s growth rate is still above that of the global average and its economic and political weight is increasing.
Putin stressed that Russia and China are connected not only by Russia's energy resources, but also China's financial capabilities.
