29.11.2010 - Putin urges creation of Russia-EU currency zone
From Ruvr.ru: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said late this week that he did not rule out that Russia and the European Union might be part of a common currency zone. “We need a multi-polar currency world, and we must not rely solely upon the dollar,” he told a Sueddeutsche Zeitung economic forum in Berlin on Friday. Putin made it plain that he looks to protect Russia from a possible new world credit crunch by notably creating a common currency zone. He pointed the finger at the dollar, which he said added greatly to the 2008 global economic crisis, a meltdown that Putin stressed should prompt the EU to start mulling the creation of a new world reserve currency...........................................Full Article: Source
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