[burntoutfire]

> The Rubel is going to be pinned to the Gold standard. This makes the Rubel incredibly attractive as it can be a stable currency and easier to purchase than Gold itself

The Rubel can be just as easy "unpinned" from gold on any given day by a politician's decision and that's absolutely something you can expect from Russia.

[brnt]

This. Those contracts werw not paid in Rubles for a good reason. Even at the height of the cold war communist countries used the USD for trade amongst themselves: the Kremlin is not and never was interested in creating the sort of rules-based systems that provide an expectation of long term stability.