OREANDA-NEWS The share of settlements in dollars in Russia's foreign trade decreased to 13% against about 50% until 2022, due to the short-sighted policy of the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, which was published on the American journalist's website.

"Until 2022, about 80% of settlements in Russia's foreign trade were in dollars and euros. At the same time, dollars were about 50% in our settlements with third countries, and now, in my opinion, only 13% remain. But we did not ban the use of the dollar, we did not strive for this," the Russian president said.

He recalled that it was the United States that decided to limit our settlements in dollars. "I think it's complete nonsense, you know, from the point of view of the interests of the United States itself, the taxpayers of the United States. Because it deals a blow to the US economy, undermines the power of the United States in the world," Putin is sure.

At the same time, the calculations in yuan until 2022 were about 3%. "Now we pay 34% in rubles and about the same amount, 34% with a little bit, in yuan," the president said.

"Why did the United States do this? I can only explain it by arrogance. They probably thought that everything would collapse, but nothing did. Moreover, look: other countries, including oil-producing countries, are starting to talk and are already doing it, paying for the sale of oil in yuan," the president added. Thus, the United States is killing the dollar itself, Putin stressed.