The Russian Ministry of Finance announced on the 6th that it paid 649.2 million dollars, including redemption and interest payments of dollar-denominated government bonds due on the 4th of this month, and about 80 billion yen in Japanese yen in the ruble of its own currency. Did.
It is alleged that the payment procedure in dollars was rejected by an overseas bank.
From the 4th of this month, the US Treasury has taken measures to prevent the Russian government from paying interest on dollar-denominated government bonds through US financial institutions.
The Russian Treasury said, "The unfriendly behavior of the US Treasury forced us to ask Russian financial institutions to pay," and acknowledged that all debt had been fulfilled.
Also, Russian Presidential Administration spokesman Peskov said on the 6th, "Russia has funds. In theory, it may be a default = default situation, but it is simply artificially created. Default There is no basis at all. "
There is a 30-day grace period for this interest payment, etc., but payments in rubles may be recognized as default as a one-sided change in repayment terms.