“Russia is one of the most solvent countries in the world, it fulfilled its obligations in rubles, all payments were made on time.
What the US authorities arrange with their investors is their problem.
Investors should turn their claims to the US authorities.
This is an artificially created situation,” he said in an interview with the radio station “Moscow speaking”.
According to him, Russia transferred funds to investors to a special account, since other accounts are closed, while the US authorities specifically create a situation so that investors cannot receive the funds transferred to them.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that in Russia on the night of Monday, June 27, there was a technical default on external debt.
The agency noted that the situation with Russian bonds is developing according to a unique scenario, when the borrower has the funds and the desire to pay, but cannot do this due to sanctions.
On May 24, the US Treasury received information about the refusal to renew the license for investors to receive payments on the public debt of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Ministry of Finance announced that this would not interfere with the payment of the country's debt obligations.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that Europe and the United States are creating artificial barriers for Russia to service its public debt in order to label it "default".