For a long time, the BRICS countries have been trying to move away from the dollar, but creating a common currency has not been possible, due to the dominance of China’s economy within the group, which means any common currency would de facto be the yuan. However, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview with TASS that a solution has been suggested: instead of a currency, a new blockchain-based payment system will be used called “BRICS Pay”. ‘We believe that creating an independent BRICS payment system is an important goal for the future, which would be based on state-of-the-art tools su…