Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska predicted that the role of the dollar in the global economy will continue to decline, and the United States will eventually expect a default. In confirmation of his words, he referred to the article Financial Times in his Telegram channel.
“The role of the dollar decreases including due to the sanctions! We will observe how America moves to the default …”, he wrote. The businessman admitted that the dollar remains the main reserve currency of the world, but reminded that his popularity falls.
The reference to sanctions is related to the fact that Deripaska himself did not manage to challenge restrictive measures in the beginning of the week. The court in the United States consistently rejected all billionaire arguments and closed the case. Thus, all sanctions remained in force.
The businessman himself called the decision “predictably absurd” and stated that the pro continues to defend himself. The current verdict can be appealed in a higher court, apparently, lawyers will prepare appeal to the following instance.
Sanctions for Deripaska and the eight of its assets were introduced in April 2018. In January 2019, the billionaire agreed with the American Ministry of Finance that the pressure on EN +, Rusal and Eurosibenergo will stop. However, the remaining assets and the Russian entrepreneur itself are still in the sanctions lists. To the court to the American department of Deripaska filed in March 2019. He claims to have lost due to unfair measures more than seven billion dollars.
Also on the eve, on June 17, Deripaska called on the Russian Central Bank more actively to look at the sides of the digital currencies as a means of means. He brought in the example of Salvador, who officially recognized Bitcoin, and stressed that in the current world the importance of alternative tools for calculations is extremely obvious due to the danger of sanctions.