Bankrupt Sri Lanka asks Putin for fuel, tourists

Sri Lanka has asked Russia to provide fuel and resume tourist flights to help the country weather its unprecedented economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday. The island nation has suffered months of blackouts, rampant inflation and critical shortages of food and petrol after running out of foreign currency to finance imports. Rajapaksa said he … Continue reading Bankrupt Sri Lanka asks Putin for fuel, tourists