“Russia’s claim of default is false.”
The rumors that Russia defaulted for the first time since 1918 have no basis.
This statement was made by economist Natig Jafarli.
He said that Russia did not refuse to pay the debt, simply can not pay due to sanctions:
“This is a purely technical issue, it has nothing to do with default. The technical default of countries is painful when no one owes them anymore.credit does not give. Russia anyway credit There was no giver, there will not be one now, what is he losing? ”
“This is a purely technical issue, it has nothing to do with default. The technical default of countries is painful when no one owes them anymore.credit does not give. There was no lender to Russia, and there will not be one now, what is it missing? ”
It should be noted that Bloomberg overdue government bonds on the night of June 27 100 million USA He called it Russia’s first default in 104 years due to the expiration of the grace period for the payment of about $ 1 billion.