Peskov: Russia deprived of the right to use dollars and euros, calls on countries to use their own currencies

[Peskov: Russia has been deprived of the right to use US dollars and euros]

New Delhi time September 8, 2026, Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin Press Secretary, said at a press conference organized by RIA Novosti ahead of the BRICS Summit:

Russia has been deprived of the right to use US dollars and euros—these are the world's reserve currencies. The United States has decided to take away our right to use these reserve currencies. What should we do? We should ask ourselves: Why don't we use our own currency? Is it worse than the dollar? No, in some aspects, it is even better. So we have begun suggesting that countries use their own currencies.

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