http://rt.com/business/russian-lawmaker-dollar-ban-663/

"To protect Russians against the “collapsing US debt pyramid”, a Russian legislator has filed a draft bill to ban circulation of the currency in Russia.

Once a Moscow mayoral hopeful, Mikhail Degtyarev, 32, likens the US dollar to a worldwide ponzi scheme which he says is scheduled to end in 2017.

Raising the prestige of the ruble by nixing foreign currency isn’t a novel idea- it was practiced during the Soviet Union when holding foreign currencies was illegal. A similar ‘anti-dollar’ proposal was filed by Duma deputies in 2003, but completely flopped."

Wants to be a mayor of a Russian city. Its not like they haven't banned the US dollar before. I will call up Rob Anders and see if he will try to pass a bill to ban all US electronic and paper dollars in Canada. The US has already made it criminally illegal to transport $101 worth of US coins into Canada - time to start pushing back.