Since September 2022, Russia has reduced investments in American government bonds by 2.5 times. writes about this RIA News According to US Treasury Department data.
Currently, the volume of these investments is $ 28 million, in November 2023 it was $ 3 million more. In September 2022, this figure was $73 million. The structure of the Russian Federation’s current investments in US government debt is 25 dollars. million are long-term investments and $3 million are short-term bonds.
Japan ranks first in terms of investment in US government debt, with $1.127 trillion. While China ranks second with 782 billion dollars and England ranks third with 716.2 billion dollars, all three countries increased the volume of these investments in 2023. Beijing is gradually reducing its investments in American government debt.
Russia in March 2022 loss Access to the Central Bank’s gold and foreign exchange reserves of approximately $300 billion due to US and EU sanctions.
Previous analysts appreciated Russia’s chance to return its $300 billion gold and foreign currency reserves.