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BRICS plans ‘multi-currency system’ to challenge U.S. dollar dominance: Understanding Russia’s proposal
The BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) will use national currencies, instead of the U.S. dollar. Russia’s finance ministry and central bank released a report detailing plans to transform the international monetary and financial system.
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Create two, three, many Saigons. That is the watchword: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2021)
On Sunday, 15 August, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani fled his country for Uzbekistan. He left behind a capital city, Kabul, which had already fallen into the hands of the advancing Taliban forces.