Paris commented on the situation with the "royal debts" of Russia
At the same time, French media say that the court is unlikely to “be able to oblige Russia to pay such an amount.” The fact is that earlier the Russian Federation repaid its debts (plus debts of the Russian Empire and the USSR) to France, in the sum of which were about a third of billions of euros specifically for tsar's loans.
For reference: the French association of imperial loans holders (talking about loans for building a railway in Russia in the 19th century) includes up to 400 thousand people. Almost Napoleonic army ...
RIA Newsreferring to the Ministry of Economy of France, reports that after the payments made by Russia, the official Paris cannot demand that Moscow pay off “pre-revolutionary private debts”.
From the statement of the ministry official:
At the same time, it is added that it also cannot prohibit its citizens from filing claims against Russia.
According to some information, the French owners of the Russian tsarist bonds tried to make demands even in the period of the existence of the USSR. However, in the Land of the Soviets, it was quickly explained that there could be no question of any redemption of “royal” debts by the Soviet government and Soviet citizens.
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