Russian firms test non-dollar deals to sidestep any U.S. sanctions
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several major Russian companies are exploring ways to do deals abroad without using dollars, spurred on by a U.S. threat to broaden sanctions that have impeded access of some Russian firms to the international banking system.The Kremlin has been pushing companies to conduct more deals using other currencies to reduce reliance on the dollar.Russian Alrosa, the world's biggest producer of rough diamonds in carat terms, said it had completed a pilot deal with a Chinese client..