Russia Halts All Bond Sales Over ‘Cosmic’ Borrowing Costs

Russia Halts All Bond Sales Over ‘Cosmic’ Borrowing Costs
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at a meeting in Moscow on March 12, 2020. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Pool via Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

Russia is hitting pause on any new government borrowing owing to what finance minister Anton Siluanov told local media was a “cosmic” rise in debt servicing costs following war-related Western sanctions on Moscow.

Siluanov told the Izvestia news outlet in an interview on Monday that Russia will halt all government bond auctions for the rest of 2022.
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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