Russia appeared to avoid a default this week after it made interest payments totaling $117 million due on two bonds denominated in U.S. dollars.
JPMorgan Chase received and processed the payments on Wednesday after U.S. authorities granted it permission to do so, said a person with knowledge of the payment, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Correction:
March 18, 2022
An earlier version of this article misstated the amount of foreign currency debt accumulated by corporations in Russia. JPMorgan estimates the amount at $100 billion, not $100 million.
Eshe Nelson is a reporter in London, where she writes about companies, the British economy and finance. @eshelouise
Lananh Nguyen covers Wall Street. She previously spent more than a decade at Bloomberg News in New York and London, where she wrote about banking and financial markets. @LananhTNguyen
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