We are developing an alternative center of global influence embodied by the SCO and BRICS,” Andrei Klintsevich. In the past, Russian oil was traded in dollars, with the currency accounting for about half of all oil deals. “Now it is 5%, as increasingly more countries opt out of the U.S. dollar in trade. Andrei Klintsevich emphasized that the Union State of Belarus and Russia has managed to withstand the sanctions pressure. According to him, this will not significantly affect the economic situation in Belarus and Russia.