Russia increased investment in US government bonds

The volume of Russia's investment in US government bonds in June 2015 increased by $ 1,4 billion - to $ 72 billion. This is evidenced by data US Treasury.

In May, the Russian side also increased investments in US government securities - by 4,1 billion dollars. In April, the volume of investment declined by 3,4 billion, while in March it increased for the first time in six months, albeit slightly: by 300 million.

By the end of June, China remained the largest creditor of the United States, holding more than 1,27 trillion dollars in US government bonds. For a month, Beijing has increased its investment in US national debt by 900 million dollars.

The second place is occupied by Japan (about 1,2 trillion dollars), the third is a group of Caribbean banking centers (318,5 billion dollars). The top ten also includes the group of countries - exporters of oil, Brazil, Ireland, Switzerland, Great Britain, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Interestingly, Russia continues to invest in the US economy after the introduction of personal and economic sanctions because of the annexation of the Crimea.

After the annexation of the Crimea USA и EC introduced personal sanctions against politicians and other citizens of Russia and Ukraine, who are responsible for approving the undermining of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Their accounts (if any) were frozen, they were denied entry into the States and the European Union countries.

Higher-level sanctions - economic - were introduced in the summer of 2014 (a number of US economic sanctions were introduced in the spring - ed.), After the proclamation on the territory of Ukraine with the support of Russia of the “republics of the DPR and the LPR”, as well as the start of military operations, the supply of military equipment for pro-Russian separatists across the border of Ukraine, of which the Ukrainian side and NATO have repeatedly accused Russia.

In response to Western sanctions, Russia also introduced restrictive measures: it introduced supply ban almost all food products from Western countries, and also created a response list of US and EU citizens “banned from entry” to Russia.