“…demanding payment in rubles or gold for purchases of energy and other important commodities…”
I can’t believe the Russkies put this in print
Them saying this is huge evidence AGAINST the argument that Putin is a globalist plant.
He has to know what happens to countries that have tried this in the past.
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Posted @ 9:39 on April 2, 2022
IMF Warns That Sanctions Against Russia Threaten To Weaken The Dominance Of The Dollar
“The Russian government is retaliating by demanding payment in rubles or gold for purchases of energy and other important commodities.
“If they want to buy, let them pay either in hard currency, and this is gold for us, or pay as it is convenient for us, this is the national currency,” said the head of Russia’s energy committee, Pavel Zavalny.
The sanctions may result in a more fragmented international monetary system…