{"id":127606,"date":"2025-02-24T22:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T19:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127606\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-settles-eurobond-coupons-in-rubels-amid-payment-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/127606\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus settles Eurobond coupons in rubels amid payment restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Belarusian finance ministry has announced that it made new coupon payments on the Belarus-2026 and Belarus-2031 Eurobonds on February 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ministry&#8217;s press office, the payments were equivalent to $38.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 28, 2022, the Council of Ministers and the National Bank jointly decided that debt obligations on government securities in external financial markets will be settled in Belarusian rubels at the National Bank\u2019s exchange rate on the payment date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, Belarus has transferred coupon payments in rubels to a special account at Belarusbank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citigroup and Citibank have refused to service payments on Belarusian Eurobonds amid sweeping sanctions on the country&#8217;s financial sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/minfin-neg-1128.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Finance ministry keeps making Eurobond interest payments in rubels<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 31, Pozirk. The Belarusian Finance Ministry said it paid a rubel equivalent of $22.8 million in interest on the US-dollar-denominated Eurobonds maturing in 2027 by two transfers to a separate account at Belarusbank on December 27 and 30. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/120332\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, Pozirk. The Belarusian finance ministry has announced that it made new coupon payments on the Belarus-2026 and Belarus-2031 Eurobonds on February 24. According to the ministry&#8217;s press office, the payments were equivalent to $38.6 million. 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