Russia made its first foreign debt payment of $ 117.2 million after the freezing of foreign exchange reserves on March 14, APA reports citing Bloomberg.
Despite the sanctions, Russia will be allowed to repay its debt in dollars in May.
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The U.S. Treasury will not permit any dollar debt payments to be made from Russian government accounts at U.S. financial institutions starting on Monday, said in a statement a Treasury spokesperson, APA reports citing Reuters.