“We see attempts to use the dollar as a political weapon. I think this is another very big mistake, ”the head of state said.

He noted that earlier the dollar enjoyed great confidence around the world and was considered a universal world currency.

“For some reason, the United States began to use dollar settlements as an instrument of political struggle, to introduce restrictions on the use of the dollar, to cut the branch on which they sit with their own hands. Soon they will crash, ”Putin concluded.

In June, Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a meeting of BRICS leaders announced the promise of using settlements in national currencies.