Russia's ruble is the world's top-performing currency against the dollar in 2022
(markets.businessinsider.com)
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Complete bullshit. Russia pretends it has a value against the dollar but does not allow trade against the dollar.
If the Ruble really would perform so well why are not all Russians buying dollars?
Easy answer: because they can not.
USD is getting traded in vast quantities daily. USA does not restrict the trade of USD.
Russia has tightly restricted the ruble exchange.
Do you understand, that "trade of USD" is just a tool for obtaining and selling USD (USD is just a tool too), and not a self sufficient goal? If you don't need USD, there are no any reason to trade them. Is that some revelation for "economists"? Nobody needs to keep "trading USD" just to "trade USD".
It's like VHS tapes. Some time ago many people need them, so there was a market for VHS tapes. People buy and sell them. When VHS tapes become obsolete, nobody needed them anymore, so VHS tapes market disappeared.
USD become obsolete, useless tool. Why should anybody trade them?