Putin is deflecting the blame from him, so people can't say "Russia" attacked the dollar and did this to us! Putin is playing it smart and deflecting so that another "bad guy" can be found and hopefully it is the banks that are pointed to. Putin said nothing of only using and supporting USD, it will just be another option to trade with. BRICS will probably happen, and de-dollarization is happening as a unit of trade and as a money reserve in foreign countries. Even Euro holdings are going down as smaller nations divest.

Have fun holding onto your fiat and 401k. It's too calm now and the market is flying, they can pull out their investment and crash the economy before Trump takes office. By playing it "nice" they can say they didn't do anything. This is the calm before the storm...