A senior Russian government official launched new criticisms
of US economic policy, asserting that Washington could turn to the digital
asset market as part of a strategy to manage its growing public debt.
The statements were made by Anton Kobyakov, an advisor to
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who maintained that, in his opinion, the
United States is moving toward a model in which stablecoins—cryptocurrencies
designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to traditional currencies
or other assets—would play a central role within the financial system.
According to Kobyakov, the US government could promote
greater adoption of these digital instruments in order to shift some of its
debt burden into a new financial framework. He argued that this process would
be accompanied by a potential devaluation of the real value of that debt and a
reconfiguration of the international monetary system. The Russian advisor
claimed that such a strategy would allow the United States to modify the rules
of the current global financial model, taking advantage of the growing
development of technologies linked to cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
However, these statements reflect his interpretation of US economic policy and
were not accompanied by any public evidence demonstrating the existence of an
official plan in this regard.
These claims come amid growing geopolitical competition
between Moscow and Washington, where both governments maintain differences on
economic, financial, and international policy issues. In recent years, the
debate on the future of digital currencies, stablecoins, and central bank
digital currencies has gained prominence, as various countries explore new
alternatives to modernize their payment systems and reduce the costs of
international transactions.