Silaunov said that Russia gave the United States a “payment” for the state debt – RBC
Russia handed over a “payment” to Western countries for the issuance of Russian government debt from blocked foreign currency accounts abroad. According to Siluanov, “now the ball is on the side” of the United States.
Anton Siluanov
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Russian assets are sufficient to fulfill debt obligations, both in foreign currency and in rubles, Western countries must unfreeze foreign currency deposits to pay, declared Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in an interview with RT Arabic.
The minister pointed out that the term “default” means the inability to service its obligations, saying that it does not apply to Russia. “The possibility or impossibility of concluding obligations, said in currency terms, does not depend on us, we have the money, we paid the payment, now the ball is on the side, first of all, the American authorities,” Siluanov.
The head of the Ministry of Finance added that Washington follows an explanation as to whether settlements on public debt can be carried out with Russia’s foreign currency accounts.
In total, the Western countries involved against Russia have blocked about $300 billion of reserves – about $640 billion. The West is also under pressure on Beijing, the minister said earlier, to limit Russia’s access to the yuan. “I think that our partnership with China is favorable, after all, we maintain the cooperation that we appreciated,” Siluanov said. According to the actions of Western countries can be regarded as the desire of Russia’s technical default.