The Ministry of Finance of Russia. Photo: Er.ru In 2017, the internal debt of Russia, expressed in stateboards, increased by 1 trillion 146.78 billion rubles or 18.8 percent. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Finance. As of January 1, 2018, the amount of internal amounted to 7 trillion 247.1 billion rubles. A year ago, 6 trillion 100.3 billion rubles were estimated. The largest part, debt, 59.1 percent, falls on federal loan bonds (OFZ) with fixed income.