It is noted that the Russian Ministry of Finance is closely monitoring the situation in the financial markets.
“In order to help strengthen stability in the Russian debt market, decisions on the need to hold auctions for the placement of OFZs on the primary market in the coming weeks will be made taking into account market conditions,” the agency's website says.
The Ministry of Finance stressed that in order to minimize the risks of forced sales of government securities by certain categories of foreign investors, the placement of government bonds after June 14 will be carried out by issuing new issues of securities with the termination of additional placements of OFZ, the issues of which were registered earlier than that date.
On April 15, US President Joe Biden signed a decree imposing sanctions on Russia.
Including the American side imposes sanctions against 32 Russian individuals and legal entities and six Russian technology companies.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Russian side would soon work out a response to US sanctions.