MOSCOW (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti): BRICS will continue work on new payment platforms in the upcoming year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, reported Sputnik/Ria Novosti.
The dollar has been turned into a weapon of suppression and punishment of geopolitical competitors, the minister said, adding that this affected the dollar as the world's reserve currency and means of international settlements.
