Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US decision to restrict the use of the dollar in countries it dislikes was wrong. He said this in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the TV channel. “Russia 24”.
“We used the dollar, they wouldn’t give it to us. How can we do the calculations? In the currency accepted by our trading partners. “The yuan is such a currency, especially since it is also used by the IMF,” said Putin.
The head of state also stressed that the USA “harmed him, shot him in the foot”.
Also, according to the President of the Russian Federation, Washington froze Russia’s gold and foreign currency reserves, causing the whole world to doubt its credibility.
Previously, The New York Times indecisive Confiscation of Russian assets because it “may undermine confidence in the dollar”, causing other states to hold less money in the United States and less willing to invest.
Before that, Bloomberg said that the European Union is still hunts and cannot find or freeze most of the assets belonging to people sanctioned by Russia. The publication noted that the total amount of frozen assets was around €21 billion, increasing only slightly in recent months.