The decision of the US Department of the Treasury to terminate the general license, which allows Russia to make payments to service its public debt in dollars, has come into force. Such a decision published US Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The statement clarifies that the license expired at approximately 7:01 Moscow time. The document was not renewed. Previously, he excluded the servicing of part of the public debt from the list of anti-Russian sanctions, but now such payments in dollars have come under American restrictions.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, has already said that once morest this background, Moscow will definitely not declare a default. If the ability to pay Western structures in foreign currency disappears, payments will have to be made in rubles. The State Duma has already instructed relevant committees to study the possibility of suspending payments on external public debt, since Russia’s assets in some countries have been frozen.
Earlier, Russia introduced mirror restrictions in response to US sanctions. Moscow
Morgan Freeman, both Bidens and others: Russia banned 963 US citizens from entering the country
The list of Americans subjected to personal sanctions was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry
“> threatened 936 Americans entering the country, including President Joe Biden.
