RUSSIA MAKES NEW PAYMENT TO PARIS CLUB








MOSCOW, 2 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" Korr. /.  The Treasury of Russia
assigned today the Vnesheconombank (bank for external trade) to
transfer 32.246 to million dollar as payment with debts of the ex USSR
opposite that Paris creditor club.  That indicated one to the
government intimate source of the RIA " Nowosti ".

After its words this is after-power for February.  The
Vnesheconombank, the payment agent of the government with foreign
debts is, these means today or on Monday to creditor countries will
transfer.

In March Russia will pay about 42 back million dollar debts of the ex
USSR opposite that Paris club after the original time schedule.  In
March also half of the January payment is paid back to that Paris
club, with which Russia was the in arrears.  The overall height of the
January payment had constituted, indicated 298 million dollar the
source.