The Russian Ministry of Finance asked the West for a loan
The Russian Ministry of Finance sent 25 foreign banks applications for the placement of government bonds in 2016. This is stated in the application of the Ministry of Finance dated February 5. Thus, Russia is preparing for the first time since September 2013 to return to the international borrowing market. The list includes mainly the largest banks in the US, Europe and China. Among them, for example, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, UBS, UniCredit, Morgan Stanley, Bank of China, Citigroup.