Searching for alternatives to the dollar is not fighting against this currency, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the BRICS Summit, APA reports citing TASS.
The dollar is used as the weapon to attain political goals, the Russian leader said. "But this is not what we are doing; the others are doing that. We do not reject, do not fight against the dollar but if we are prevented from working with it, what we have to do? We then have to search for alternatives, and this is what is happening," Putin noted.
Dollar weaponization is a big mistake, the Russian President noted.