Russia's amassing $1 billion worth of Indian rupees each month that it's struggling to use.
India has been buying Russian oil using rupees as Moscow has been shut out of the USD-denominated global payments system.
And it's not like Russia can send the rupees back home either because India has restrictions over capital flows by foreign investors — the country is looking at $2 to $3 billion worth of rupees stuck in India every quarter.
India and Russia are now trying to work out how Russia can use its mounting rupee stash.
Another option under discussion is having Russia channel the rupees into Indian infrastructure projects in exchange for equity stakes, per the media outlet.
Persons:
Russia's, it's, —, Sergei Lavrov, Lavrov, Moscow doesn't, Alexander Isakov, Ian Hall
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Service, Bloomberg, Bank of, Reuters, Treasury, Russian, Bloomberg Economics, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Griffith Asia, Griffith University, Kremlin, Affairs
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India, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, —, Bank of Russia, Australia, Russian