RUSSIA’S war in Ukraine, which has caused a humanitarian crisis and convulsed global financial markets, is now threatening to crush an US$81bil (RM340bil) economy more than 6,437km away in the Indian Ocean.
Hit by soaring oil import costs and a dip in tourism revenue, Sri Lanka is racing to avert a default amid dwindling foreign-exchange holdings.
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