Russia says it has ordered the US$117 million in interest payments it owes Wednesday to be sent to investors, attempting to avoid its first international default in more than a century.
A spokesman for the Treasury said the United States would allow the payments to go through.
If the U.S. blocked the payment, Russia said it would try to pay in rubles rather than dollars. But that action could constitute a default, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
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