“You know, this is one of the gravest strategic mistakes of the political leadership of the United States - using the dollar as an instrument of foreign policy struggle,” Putin said.

He called the dollar the main weapon for maintaining US power in the world.

“As soon as the political leadership decided to use the dollar as an instrument of political struggle, they struck a blow at this American power,” Putin emphasized.

Earlier, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin announced the loss of economic leadership by the United States.