Sanctions have effectively denied Moscow the ability to make cross-border settlements in Western currencies
Western sanctions on Russia have jeopardized trust in the dollar and the euro, forcing many global players to reevaluate the viability of relying on these currencies, President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday.
Witnessing the way both the US and EU use their currencies as political weapons pushed many countries towards creating alternative payment instruments, Putin stated.
“Restrictions on, let’s say, settlements in dollars. Where do they lead? To the fact that all countries start thinking about creating their own instruments, about creating new settlement systems; thinking whether to continue keeping their reserves in the US or EU, whether to invest in the securities of these countries,” Putin said, adding: sanctions cause an “erosion of credibility” in countries that impose them, as…
