By Ben Aris in Berlin The ruble has overtaken the yuan to become the main currency used for settling international trade deals, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) reported on April 8. The share of the ruble used to settle international trade deals has risen to over 40%, up from a third last year, while the share of the yuan has slipped slightly to around 30%. The CBR also reported that in March the share of the yuan in the on-exchange and over-the-counter FX markets had reached new all-time highs of 53% and 39.6% respectively. Following theSWIFT sanctions that were imposed only days after Russia…