CIS countries owe $3.28 bln to Russia as of Jan 1, down on yr

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire
August 18, 2005

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Prime-Tass) — The governments of the CIS countries
owed U.S. USD 3.284 billion dollars to the Russian government as
of January 1, down from USD 3.330 billion as of January 1, 2004,
Russia’s Finance Ministry said Thursday.

The total includes both principals and outstanding interest.

As of January 1, Russia’s largest debtor was Ukraine with USD 1.583
billion owed, followed by Uzbekistan with USD 655.343 million, which
includes USD 153.73 million of unpaid interest on loans.

As of January 1, Tajikistan owed Russia USD 305.73 million, Kyrgyzstan
owed USD 181.81 million, while Georgia owed USD 158.04 million. Belarus
owed USD 258.39 million, Moldova’s debt stood at USD 140.74 million,
and Armenia’s debt stood at USD 1.88 million as of January 1. End