Future new US sanctions against the Russian public debt will continue to affect only the primary placement of government bonds of the Russian Federation. The Wall Street Journal Edition was told about the details of preparing restrictions.
From June 14, American banks will not be able to buy public debt directly at the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Russia, but in the secondary market they will still be able to buy and sell Russian government bonds. Since 2019, they cannot participate in the primary placement of Eurobonds (Russian public debt in currency), now the sanctions will also apply to OFZ, that is, ruble bonds.
The fact that new anti-Russian sanctions of the United States may include restrictions related to Russian sovereign debt, it became known earlier on April 15.
Bloomberg reported that the United States will send from the country ten Russian diplomats and introduce new sanctions against individuals and legal entities from Russia. As it became known, restrictions will be superimposed on 20 Russian organizations and 12 Russians, including government and intelligence representatives. Such measures will be a response to the estimated intervention of Russia in the election of the President of the United States and the hacker attacks attributed to it through the SOLARWINDS software.
On the eve of the presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, appreciated the possibility of turning off Russia from international payment systems. According to him, this probability exists, since the introduction of sanctions against Russia is “a fairly unpredictable process.” At the same time, the sands expressed confidence that in the case of such a development of events, the Russians will be able to use the cards of the national payment system “Peace”, which “is already sufficient”.