
The US is the world reserve currency in large part due to oil being traded in US dollars. Putin’s demand to trade in rubles threatens the US petrodollar.
- Putin: ‘unfriendly states will pay Russia in Rubles for natural gas.
- Putin ordered the Russian Central Bank to develop a system for payments in rubles within a week.
- The list of “hostile” states includes the United States, all EU member states, Switzerland, Canada, Norway, South Korea, Japan, and many others.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would start charging the countries it considers “hostile” in rubles for its natural gas.
“I have taken a decision to switch to ruble payments for our natural gas supplies to the so-called hostile states, stop using the compromised currencies in such transactions,” Putin said, per a transcript published on the Kremlin website as carried by Bloomberg.
The Russian President—whose list of “hostile” states includes the United States, all EU member states, Switzerland, Canada, Norway, South Korea, Japan, and many others – has ordered the Bank of Russia, the central bank, to develop a system for payments in rubles within a week.
“At the same time, I want to emphasize that Russia will definitely continue to supply natural gas in line with the volumes and prices, pricing mechanisms set forth in the existing contracts,” Putin said at a government meeting today.
It makes no sense for Russia to export goods to the EU or the United States in U.S. dollars or euros, Putin added.
Not sure exactly what all this posturing is about but I do know the money changers, in their plans, have been moving power to the East..China and Russia…for at least 30 years. They also want to destroy the petro dollar, America and Europe ..SO CHECK, their ultimate wet dream is the digital social credit score system so crashing the economies then saving the world with their new demonic digital 24/7 surveillance credit system. Is Putin this great defender of his nation or just another kosher controlled useful idiot? Time will tell but if he was NOT controlled he would of… Read more »
Putin was correct all along, except he had no way of ” getting even” with the
US so he exploded on their sattelites of which Ukraine is one of many-As Usual
The US intervened in the Ukraine 2014 election and tipped the scales because
corruption in Ukraine is implicit-Trump had to go because the “Neo_Cons would not trust him “to follow orders”
Did Putin just “Check” the Global Cabal or is it “Checkmate” for their debt based fiat currency?
These idiots who run the show are just plain stupid, you will own nothing and be happy, now the next thing Dr David Martin is to sue Old Joe, I would not like David after me, he is so smart and every item recorded is the truth. Wake up people.
It’s almost as if they’re TRYING to destroy the petrodollar…