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Russia Claims It Has Made Bond Interest Payments–But Says Up To U.S. To Make Sure They Go Through Amid Fear Of Default
Forbes ^ | Mar 16, 2022 | Lisa Kim

Posted on 03/16/2022 4:30:27 PM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew

Russia Claims It Has Made Bond Interest Payments–But Says Up To U.S. To Make Sure They Go Through Amid Fear Of Default

Lisa Kim Forbes Staff

TOPLINE Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Wednesday the country had attempted to make interest payments on two dollar-denominated government bonds, but said it was up to the United States to make sure the payments go through, amid concerns that Russia could default on its debt for the first time since the late 1990s.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: debt; default; economy; ruble; russia
Russia say it did make the payment but no clear acknowledgement from the other side. What is going on?
1 posted on 03/16/2022 4:30:27 PM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

“Russia say it did make the payment but no clear acknowledgement from the other side. What is going on?”

We’re trying to find a way to punish ourselves.


2 posted on 03/16/2022 4:36:23 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
I suspect that the Russians are smarter than their counterparts in the Left West.
3 posted on 03/16/2022 4:36:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL...........


4 posted on 03/16/2022 4:36:51 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

You can’t access your US Dollar reserves, and we have shut you out of US Dollar trading systems

Oh, by the way - why aren’t you paying your US Dollar debts?


5 posted on 03/16/2022 4:37:01 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BobL
We’re trying to find a way to punish ourselves.


6 posted on 03/16/2022 4:37:12 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Funny kind of war where the evil side carries out its obligations.


7 posted on 03/16/2022 4:37:36 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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They get hundreds of millions a day from oil sales. They can use that. No one is touching Russia’s 650 billion reserves. That is frozen for World Court settlements for the damage done to Ukraine. Then there’s Putin’s personal accounts too.


8 posted on 03/16/2022 4:41:54 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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9 posted on 03/16/2022 4:43:37 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The GOP is the UN of US politics)
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I guess payments usually made through SWIFT, from which they are now blocked.

I presume they could set it up such that only payments into russia are blocked.


10 posted on 03/16/2022 4:45:55 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

So why did Russia make these payments when some of the Putin fanclub financial geniuses told us how it was a huge win for them not to?


11 posted on 03/16/2022 4:50:46 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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So, no default today despite all the hype.


12 posted on 03/16/2022 4:55:14 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Justa

No one is touching Russia’s 650 billion reserves. That is frozen
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Frozen is stolen. How would you like your bank accounts frozen? Stolen without a trial. The US overstepped and is now paying a huge price for that thievery. Every nation on Earth is noticing what the US did- they are tapering off USD’s. sauds taking Yuan for oil, India announces Yuan instead of dollars,the list is growing rather quickly.


13 posted on 03/16/2022 5:54:07 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Seruzawa

There’s no downside to writing a check when you know the recipient won’t cash it.

Nor should we. Russia hates the West, NATO, and the EU so much they’re constantly threatening to nuke us...but they want access to our financial systems?

Screw Russia.


14 posted on 03/16/2022 6:20:35 PM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Russia is offering payment in gold backed rubles.


15 posted on 03/16/2022 7:33:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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” That is frozen for World Court settlements for the damage done to Ukraine. Then there’s Putin’s personal accounts too.”

That money will never be used as a settlement. It will be stolen by the deep state.

Khaddafi had an estimated $200 billion in wealth. Not a penny was returned to Libya. In what I saw as a series of brilliant tactical maneuvers, various anti-Khaddafi provincial militias were able to seize some small portion of Khaddafi’s billions. They intercepted and summarily executed deep state actors who were trying to flee Libya with cash, gold and valuable national artifacts.


16 posted on 03/17/2022 8:38:21 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Is anyone else noticing that this story has been memory holed from today’s news? It’s like it never happened.


17 posted on 03/17/2022 9:05:06 AM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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Maybe they are disappointed that Russia made payment instead of defaulting. It sure looks that way.


18 posted on 03/17/2022 9:36:23 AM PDT by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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