"Payment is carried out in currency": Minfin extinguished part of an external debt Russian Federation on $117 million

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation successfully carried out payments on an external debt in currency on $117,2 million. About it on March 17 reported in the country government. Before United States of America and EU blocked nearly a half of currency reserves Russian Federation, and there were risks of that Moscow will not be able to fulfill the obligations. On this case of the power prepared a backup plan according to which Russian Federation would start paying a debt in rubles. However, Washington D.C. nevertheless decided to defreeze part of reserves for receiving payments in currency. Nevertheless, as experts believe, unprecedented blocking of monetary stocks Russian Federation will cram many countries...