He spoke about this while speaking at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
“Not only did the Americans raiderly seize part of the Russian foreign exchange reserves placed in US banks, they are also trying to instruct us that payments on the state debt be made at the expense of export earnings, without hiding the goal of depleting our currency reserves,” Ryabkov quotes RIA Novosti.
The Deputy Foreign Minister added that the blocking of channels for American and Western investment is seen as one of the tools designed to provoke a default and subsequent destruction of the Russian economy.
Earlier, Ryabkov said that Russian departments were preparing for the introduction of a ceiling on oil prices.