(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Russia's foreign state debt (including the liabilities of former USSR undertaken by the Russian Federation) was estimated at 55.78 billion US dollars as of October 1, 2013, the Finance Ministry said in its report.
As of September 1, the Russian foreign state debt amounted to 49.54 billion US dollars. Therefore, the country's foreign debt grew by 12.6 percent over the month, according to Russian Itar-Tass news agency.
As of October 1, the Russian foreign debt embraces the country's indebtedness to official creditors - members of the Paris Club, which cannot be restructured, went down by 19.8 percent to 184.7 million US dollars in September; the debt to creditors - non-members of the Paris Club remained at 1.061billion US dollars; Russia's debt to former member-states of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) grew by 1.14 percent to 960.7 million US dollars, and debt for external bond loan increased by 18.3 percent to 40.65 billion US dollars.
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