Moscow is actively working to reduce its dependence on international payment systems controlled by the West.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this in an interview with the Iranian IRNA agency.

Speaking about the sanctions policy of the United States of America in relation to other states, including the Russian Federation and Iran, the head of the foreign policy department pointed to the invariability of the Russian position on this issue.

“We will continue to oppose any unilateral restrictive measures that, moreover, hit the least protected segments of the population.

At international platforms, including the United Nations, Russia is energetically raising the issue of the inadmissibility of introducing such restrictions, ”he said.

The minister stressed that the position taken by Moscow has broad support in the world community.

“We also consider it important to step up efforts to reduce sanctions risks and potential costs for economic operators.

In particular, we are talking about steps aimed at the gradual de-dollarization of national economies, the transition to mutual settlements in national or alternative currencies to the dollar, and the refusal to use international payment systems controlled by the West.

In Russia, we are already actively engaged in this, ”Lavrov stated.

According to him, Moscow sees "great prospects" in this area for interaction with foreign partners.

We add that in March, the Russian Foreign Minister in an interview with the Chinese media indicated that the United States had set itself the task of limiting the possibilities for the technological development of Russia and China.

In this regard, countries should start “strengthening their technological independence” by switching to settlements in national currencies and in world currencies, alternative to the dollar.

“Life forces us to build our line in economic and social development in such a way as not to depend on those“ quirks ”demonstrated by our Western partners.

They are promoting their ideologized agenda aimed at maintaining their dominance by holding back the development of other countries.

This policy runs counter to the objective trend and, as was customary to say, is "on the wrong side of history," he said.

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In turn, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin also announced the need to promote interbank payment and information transfer systems that would be independent from the United States and represent an alternative to SWIFT.

Speaking about de-dollarization, Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, in an exclusive interview with RT, noted that the reason for this step is "geopolitical risks."

According to him, such work is being carried out not only by Russia, but also by other countries.

“It is obvious that in the near future we will phase out the dollar in this vein.

Similar initiatives are shown not only by our country, but also by a number of other states, - said Aksakov.

“Thus, the unfair behavior of the United States in the international arena encourages countries to move to other formats of interaction and gradually abandon the dollar and American financial systems.”

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, referring to the unreasonable and unpredictable nature of the US actions, pointed out that such a situation obliges Moscow to “be on the alert”.

At the same time, according to him, the Russian side monitors all potential threats, including in connection with the possible disconnection of the state from SWIFT.

Russia is gradually moving away from dependence on the dollar and at the same time is stepping up the transition to national currencies in bilateral trade and economic relations with many countries.

This was stated by the speaker of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin.

“For example, within the EAEU, settlements in national currencies have grown to 74%.

We are systematically building up trade in national currencies with China and Turkey, ”he said.

Such statements are also supported by facts.

So, the International Monetary Fund cited data according to which in 2020 the share of the dollar in world reserves for the first time since 1995 dropped below 60%.

Along with this, many countries began to more often store their money reserves in other currencies - euros, Japanese yens and Chinese yuan.