EUA ameaça sanções à Rússia se continuar a atacar o petro-dólar.
03 acordos vendem óleo em outras moedas : China, Irã e Índia.
With Russia concluding three major oilagreements over the past two weeks which will allow nations like China, India, and Iran to buy and sell oil in currencies other than the dollar, the Obama Administration on April 4 responded with a threat of more economic sanctions on Russia if Vladimir Putin doesn't back down from these arrangements, and stop his attacks on the reserve currency and Petro-Dollar. On the heels of Russia's potential "holy grail" gas deal with China, the news of a Russia-Iran oil "barter" deal, it appears the US is starting to get very concerned about its almighty Petrodollar. We suspect these sanctions would have more teeth than some travel bans, but, as we noted previously, it is just as likely to be another epic geopolitical debacle resulting from what was originally intended to be a demonstration of strength and instead is rapidly turning out into a terminal confirmation of weakness.
Russia seems perfectly happy to telegraph that it is just as willing to use barter (and "heaven forbid" gold) and shortly other "regional" currencies, as it is to use the US Dollar, hardly the intended outcome of the western blocakde, which appears to have just backfired and further impacted the untouchable status of the Petrodollar.
