Russian foreign debt falls to 110.5 billion dollars: finance ministry

MOSCOW - Russia has reduced its foreign debt to 110.5 billion dollars (82.4 billion euros) as of January 1 from 119.7 billion a year earlier, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement that debt to Paris Club creditor nations was down to 43.1 billion dollars from 47.7 billion at the beginning of January 2004.
Debt to non-Paris Club nations fell to 6.6 billion dollars from 7.0 billion.

03/09/2005 19:12 GMT