Investstrategist told how Russia responded to “debt blackmail” by the United States
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The deprivation of the Russian Federation of the general license to issue external debt, which poses a danger to the United States, is very likely. This could lead to a technical default of Russia, but there will be no consequences for the country’s economy, believes Sergey Suverov, investment strategic management company Arikapital.
He clarified that at the moment the Russian Federation has the funds to pay off the foreign debt, the total amount of which for bonded loans is about $39 billion.
“I mean, this is an artificial default, but the US is pursuing goals to a greater extent. <...> In response, Russia is likely to pay in rubles and go to the collection of courts with claims about the illegality of the default,” Suverov’s agency gave the floor. “Prime”.
He noted that today in the actions of usually pragmatic politicians prevails over commercial interests, since US financial institutions that have invested in Russian external debts remain without bank allocations.
Earlier, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the announcement of a technical default does not affect the country’s economy. He stressed that Russia offers a tool that allows you to determine the obligations.
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