The share of the ruble in commercial transactions between Russia and African countries is up to 85%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa summit. According to him, the trade turnover between the parties increased one and a half times and reached 27 billion dollars. As RBC writes, the use of a national currency makes it possible to protect economic relations from external influence and makes them more resistant to fluctuations in the global environment.

The share of the ruble in commercial transactions between Russia and African countries is up to 85%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary meeting of the Russia-Africa summit. According to him, the trade turnover between the parties increased one and a half times and reached 27 billion dollars. As RBC writes, the use of a national currency makes it possible to protect economic relations from external influence and makes them more resistant to fluctuations in the global environment.