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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

What happens if Russia can’t pay its debts after western sanctions?

The Central Bank of Russia on Neglinnaya Street, Moscow
The Central Bank of Russia on Neglinnaya Street, Moscow. Photograph: Kommersant Photo Agency/Rex/Shutterstock

Russia is close to being unable to pay its debts amid sanctions imposed by the west after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The World Bank’s chief economist, Carmen Reinhart, warned on Thursday that Russia and its ally Belarus were “mightily close” to default.

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