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Russia appears to have barely managed to avoid default on Friday as it has paid off a number of overdue international obligations in dollars, reversing its recent policy of requiring transactions to be conducted in rubles.
The Treasury Department said it had paid $ 564.8 million in 2022 Eurobonds and $ 84.4 million in 2042 bonds in dollars, according to the bonds.
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Russia has repeatedly faced the threat of default after the West announced crippling sanctions that Moscow and bankers have managed to combat through a series of tough and extreme measures, including capital controls and a suspension of trade on the Moscow stock exchange for nearly a month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is chairing a meeting with members of the Security Council via video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Friday (April 29th). | Associated Press
Officials continue to want to avoid the country’s first bankruptcy since the 1998 financial crisis.
Russia tried to pay for ruble bonds in early April, but banking and credit institutions did not expect the transaction to be processed due to legal requirements related to the type of currency used. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered all payments for Russian energy to be in rubles, to the point that Poland and Bulgaria have been cut off because of their refusal to comply.
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Standards & Poor (S&P) downgraded Russia’s foreign currency rating amid fears that it will not complete the payment on time despite the 30-day grace period.
The head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiulina, warned that the country has not yet felt the full impact of the sanctions, as Russia appears to be stabilizing its free economic downturn.
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“Sanctions have affected the financial market, but now they will start to affect the real economy, all the more so,” she said last week.
Anthony Kim, a Heritage Foundation researcher on economic freedom, told FOX Business earlier that Russia’s economic recovery was an “ongoing process” that would continue to get worse as the invasion of Ukraine lasted.
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“There was an immediate shock or reaction from the Russian market and markets outside Russia, which is why we saw this immediate legitimate panic and legitimate decline,” Kim explained. “And where we are now is a different kind of period.”
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