The Russian Foreign Ministry noted the influence of the United States on reducing the role of the dollar in trade

The American administration is contributing more than others to reducing the role of the dollar in international trade operations. This was stated to Izvestia by Alexander Shchetinin, head of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"Russia and Brazil are developing cooperation in nuclear sciences and pharmaceuticals"

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stepan Kalmykov — on the interaction of scientists from the two countries and joint research projects

"The main thing in trade and economic relations is mutual benefit and effective financial and logistical mechanisms. The world is currently going through a difficult period of their restructuring, caused by the increasing use of unilateral coercive measures, including secondary sanctions as a method of political pressure. Adaptation to new realities is underway. No one is more actively contributing to reducing the role of the dollar in trade settlements than the American administration itself," the diplomat said.

According to the Central Bank data from April, the Russian Federation has almost completely switched to rubles in payments for supplies to the Caribbean (95%) and Oceania (91%). The role of the Russian currency in exports to Asian countries has increased to almost 50%. A year ago, the share of such calculations was about 37%. Payments to America and Europe accounted for 55% and almost 63%.

Read more in Alexander Shchetinin's exclusive interview with Izvestia:

"The world is much more complicated to follow the pressure from Washington"