5 ways Russia's been sidestepping Western sanctions and keeping its economy alive, from switching to the Chinese yuan and dabbling in ghost trades

• Russia's kept its economy humming by skirting sanctions amid the Ukraine war.
• They include moves like using the CNY and engaging a fleet of secretive ships for exports.
• It undermines the efforts of the international community to force the Kremlin into ending the war.

Russia's economy appears to be holding up despite sweeping sanctions after it went to war with Ukraine in February 2022.