mo4ch:>Adiós gringo? Venezuela & Russia negotiating swap of US dollar for ruble in bilateral trade | Mo4ch News

Caracas is in talks with Moscow over the possibility of using the Russian ruble in mutual trade settlements and abandoning dollar transactions, according to Venezuela’s representative to the UN office in Geneva Jorge Valero.The ambassador added that the countries are also discussing the use of Venezuelan state-sponsored oil-backed cryptocurrency El Petro, launched last year.Caracas pegged the value of the petro to the price of one barrel of Venezuelan oil. The government also pegged Venezuela’s national currency, the bolivar, to El Petro last summer.Also on rt.comRussia and China ditching dollar for national currencies payment system to avoid sanctionsNumerous sanctions introduced against Venezuela by the US have forced the Bolivarian Republic to stop using the dollar for its international transactions. It switched to the euro last October. In addition, the country started swapping crude oil for imported products.Venezuela is currently trying to get over one of the worst economic cris…