MOSCOW: Russia's central bank said on Wednesday it would help major Russian companies refinance foreign loans by starting to lend money in hard currencies to those who are willing to put their foreign loans as collateral with the regulator.
While Russia has minimal sovereign foreign debts, Russian state and private companies and banks have accumulated a total of US$600bil in foreign debts of which around US$100bil are due next year.
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