Russian President Vladimir Putin. © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Dongmyeong Woo
Reporter Park Hyung-ki = Russia has avoided the default crisis by paying off interest on government bonds due on the 16th.
Initially, international financial circles had many expectations that the dollar would run out and could not be paid because Russia was expelled from the international settlement system.
But contrary to expectations, Russia paid 117 million dollars in interest on government bonds.
It is true that Russia is short of hard currency, such as the dollar, due to the Swift ouster. But they have a secret safe in a Swiss bank.
Of course, it is not the property of the Russian government. It is the personal property of Russian Oligaki, including President Vladimir Putin.
The total amount deposited in secret Swiss bank accounts is estimated at $213 billion, Reuters reported on the 17th.
The Swiss Bankers Association revealed that Swiss banks held about $213 billion in assets in Russian Oligaki.
The SBAs disclosures deviate from the usual secrecy of Swiss banks. However, the SBA is said to have disclosed it in the sense that it opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As a result, Social Democrat co-chair Mattea Meyer has called for the confiscation of Russian Oligakis assets deposited in Swiss banks.
He belongs to Oligaki, who is loyal to the Kremlin, with most of the funds deposited in the Swiss bank. That money helps finance the war. “Everything must be done to seize the Russian oligakis property,” he said.
As a result, the debate over secret accounts in Switzerland is likely to continue, Reuters reported.
