Non-Western currencies now account for more than 96% of commercial transactions, the Russian president has said<\/p>\n
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Trade among Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members is now settled overwhelmingly in national rather than Western currencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
\nThe CIS currently includes nine member states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan. Ukraine and Turkmenistan hold participant status within the organization, although Kiev has moved to sever ties with it.
\nSpeaking at an informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg on Monday, Putin said the strong volume of trade among CIS member states showed their cooperation is working, adding that Russia\u2019s trade with the bloc totaled almost $90 billion in the first nine months of the year.
\n\u201cThe share of national currencies in settlements for commercial transactions between countries of the Commonwealth has already exceeded 96%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Russia has ramped up the use of national currencies with its regional and international trade partners in recent years. The drive to ditch the US dollar has been gaining momentum among developing nations since the West unleashed its unprecedented sanctions campaign against Russia over the Ukraine conflict. The measures effectively cut the country off from the dollar- and euro-denominated Western financial system.
\nPutin also said that the CIS has, over more than three decades, become an authoritative regional integration group, and that its members build ties on the basis of \u201cgood-neighborliness,\u201d\u00a0\u201cequal partnership,\u201d and \u201cmutual benefit,\u201d while respecting and taking into account each another\u2019s interests.
\nEstablished in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the organization aims to promote cooperation on economic, political, and security issues among its members.
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