Traders in the Gulf state have ramped up business in Russian oil and gold markets, the WSJ reported.
Conversely, Russians are flocking to the UAE, bringing their wealth to its economy and sparking a real estate boom.
That's as sanctions and trade restrictions have weighed heavily on Russia's economy, cutting it off from billions of its foreign reserves and crimping its energy trade.
Russians were the third-largest group of real estate buyers in Dubai over the last quarter, the real estate firm Betterhomes told the Journal, up from the ninth-largest group in 2021.
Russia's economy meanwhile is in a state of turmoil.
Persons:
Betterhomes, Putin
Organizations:
Traders, Service, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Wall, Yale
Locations:
UAE, Gulf, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Ukraine, Dubai, Poland