RUSSIA TO HOLD CONSULTATIONS ON SETTLEMENT OF USSR DEBTS MOSCOW, MARCH 2, 2001. /RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT/. Next week, Russia will hold a series of consultations on the problem of USSR debts. This was disclosed by a source close to the Russian Finance Ministry. According to the source, the Russian delegation is leaving for Berlin in order to discuss the issue of the USSR debt to the former German Democratic Republic.