Russia: Putin calls for common payment system to raise economic sovereignty

Subscribe to our channel! Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the Eurasian Economic Unity (EAEU) state-members create a ’common payment system’ in a bid to reduce the countries’ dependency on the dollar, as he hosted the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Saint-Petersburg on Thursday. The Russian president suggested that a common payment mechanism, which is aimed at lowering dependency on dollar and other foreign currencies, would result in “the increase of ec