RE: POG12 Feb 2026 19:10
Published just now! Totally contradicts russia backing dollar! World economics a fkn joke!
Russia wants to move yet further away from the US dollar, and plans to use its central bank digital currency, the digital ruble, to trade with its BRICS partners.
As Washington-Moscow relations remain frosty amid talk of possible further sanctions on Russia, BRICS central bankers are looking for more ways to trade outside the US-dominated global financial system.
“The digital ruble is first and foremost an international project,” said Timur Aitov, a member of the Russian Chamber of Commerce, chair of the Financial Market Security Committee, in an interview with Russian media outlet Plus World.