Russia and Afghanistan businesses switch from dollar to ruble, and Afghani

Russia and Afghanistan are abandoning the dollar in mutual settlements, switching to rubles and Afghanis, according to Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov.

“Russia and Afghanistan are under unilateral illegitimate sanctions, and moving away from the dollar is one of the options,” Zhirnov said, as reported by TASS news agency.

He added that Afghanistan still needs to work on its currency conversion.

Zhirnov noted that economic relations between Russia...