Russia faces risk of “orchestrated” default on state debt -VTB CEO

2022.04.22 11:21

FILE PHOTO: VTB Bank Chief Executive Andrei Kostin attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016 (SPIEF 2016) in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

(Reuters) – Russia may face an “orchestrated” default on state debt due to Western sanctions which should not be seen as a technical default, the CEO of Russia’s second-largest lender VTB Andrey Kostin said in TV interview released on Friday.

As Russia teeters on the brink of a historic default, foreign investors in the country’s debt have few palatable options to recover their money: bet on costly legal action, trust bilateral agreements will stand, or sit on their hands, analysts say.

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