RUSSIA PAYS BACK TO ROUND 170 MILLION DOLLAR TO PARIS CLUB








MOSCOW, 12 March (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent).  Moscow
pays in this week approximately 170 million dollar to that Paris club
of the creditor countries and erases thereby also a part of overdue
obligations from January.  41.5 million dollar are in March due debts,
was reported on Monday from the Treasury in Moscow.  With the
remaining scarcely 129 million dollar about half of the January rates
one pay.  The other half is to be transferred in April.

The rate is transferred by the external trade bank of Russia
(Wneschekonombank) on Monday evening or on Tuesday.

In January and February Russia had paid back more than 1.33 billion
dollar to the giver countries.  In this year Russia must arise with
Paris club with altogether 3.73 billion the dollar.  The total
indebtedness amounts to according to specified specification of the
Treasury 48.4 billion dollar inclusive interest.  From it originate
40.2 billion dollar from times of the Soviet Union.