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Ruble could be regional reserve currency within 5 years - Kudrin
OSAKA, June 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian ruble could become a regional
reserve currency within the next five years, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin
said on Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Osaka on the sidelines of a Group of Eight finance
ministers' meeting, Kudrin said the Russian national currency has already begun
to play the role of a reserve currency in certain states.
President Dmitry Medvedev said last week that turning Moscow into a global
financial center and the Russian ruble into a leading regional reserve currency
are key to building a competitive financial system in Russia.
The finance ministers' meeting is part of preparations for the G8 summit, to be
held on the Japanese island of Hokkaido on July 7-9.
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