Americans Hold 8% Of Russian Debt - Rating Agency

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) Only 8 percent of Russian sovereign debt is being held by US residents, a study by the first national rating agency ACRA has revealed.

The agency estimates the share of Russian debt held by Americans at 719 billion rubles ($10.7 billion), according to the report obtained by Sputnik.

As of January 2018, the majority of Russian debt holders (66 percent) resided locally, 7 percent was held by residents of Luxembourg, and 1.4 percent by Norwegian residents.

British, German, Italian and other EU residents together held 4.6 percent of Russian national debt, or 382.9 billion rubles. Residents of Canada held 47.7 billion and those of Japan - 46.5 billion.