Andrey Kostin (Photo: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg)
Baku/27.10.22/Turan: Refusal from dollar and euro is irreversible process for Russia.
This was stated by "VTB" President and Chairman of the Management Board Andrey Kostin at the XV Verona Eurasian Economic Forum, held today in Baku.
According to him, in the medium term, Russia's main partners will be China, EAEC members, countries of the Near and Middle East, Latin America and the African continent.
"Transition to national currencies in trade with this group of countries is the most important priority for us," he said.-0-
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