As RBC writes with reference to the bank's data, at the end of 2019, almost 30 developing countries owed Russia almost $ 22.9 billion in bilateral loans.
It is specified that Belarus, Bangladesh and Venezuela are listed among the debtors.
In October 2019, it was reported that the total amount of debts written off by Russia to African countries exceeded $ 20 billion.
At the same time, during the Russia-Africa economic forum, agreements were concluded worth more than 800 billion rubles, and Russia in the coming years will double the supply of food products to African countries.