“These allegations of default in this case are absolutely unjustified, because back in May the necessary payment in foreign currency was made,” he said at a briefing with reporters.
According to Peskov, Euroclear withheld and did not bring the funds to the recipients, which is not a “problem” for Russia.
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".