Earlier, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that he considers it expedient under the current conditions to create reserves in gold and yuan, as well as in a number of other currencies of friendly countries.
“My opinion is obvious: the dollar and the euro should be exchanged for the ruble, and not for other currencies,” Interfax quoted Oreshkin as saying at the plenary session of the Moscow Financial Forum (MFF).
Oreshkin recalled that at the moment China is a country with a budget deficit of 5% of GDP this year.
“In this sense, Anton Germanovich (Siluanov. -
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) as an investor - why does he invest in a country with a large budget deficit?”
— said the assistant to the Russian leader.
Oreshkin urged to believe in yourself first of all, and "not to look for some kind uncle in the West or in the East."
Earlier, a specialist in the political development and cultural traditions of Asia, Professor Alexei Maslov, in an interview with the FAN, called the yuan a good alternative for trade with a number of countries.