[lbo-talk] Russia pays off last Soviet debt -- 14 years early

Peter Lavelle untimely_thoughts at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 22 08:58:14 PDT 2006


More importantly, Russia very much intends to be creditor country in the world (and could very much get on the nerves of the White House lending to Washington's "less desirables" list of countries). Point is, early re-payment is just as much a political move as an economic one. The Kremlin has learned fast - money talks!

Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote: (Russia's foriegn debt is now 9% of GDP.)

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