Kabyakou: Russian rouble may become regional currency

The Russian rouble may acquire the status of a regional currency in connection with the fact that it will be used to pay for Russian energy carriers.
The vice Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kabyakou told it to journalists in London.  He explained that the Russian rouble could become a reserve currency in CIS member states.

At the same time, Kabyakou confirmed that countries paying in Russian roubles would have to increase the percent of the Russian currency in their gold and exchange currency reserves.

“Interfax”