Russia announces that it will pay off its foreign debt in rubles

Russia announced on Wednesday that it will start paying its foreign debt in rubles after the United States halted an exemption allowing Moscow to make payments in dollars.

"While the refusal to extend this license makes it impossible to continue servicing the government's external debt in US dollars, payments will be made in Russian currency," the Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Telegram.

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