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The US is unlikely to extend Russia’s bond waiver

“The final decision has not yet been made, but I do not think this will continue,” Yellen said of the May 25 exemption. The minister is visiting Germany, where the G7 finance ministers have met.

Russia does not have access to $ 315 billion in foreign exchange reserves. However, when the bonds were repaid in dollars, the money was raised and paid for. Although originally sought a repayment in rubles.

According to the US Treasury Department, the country paid $ 565 million for a bond due this year and $ 84 billion for a Eurobond due in 2024.

If the bond waiver expires, Russia will probably not be able to repay the debt and will become insolvent, as would be the first time since the Bolshevik revolution more than a hundred years ago.

“If Russia does not find a way to make these payments and becomes insolvent, I do not think that will significantly change the Russian situation, because the country is already cut off from the global capital markets,” Yellen said.

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