I haven't seen the figures, but I've read that a lot of it is held by Russian banks. One of the reasons that the yields on Russian bonds have been increasing recently is that Russian banks … (View Post)

It's another thing that makes mobilisation more likely. With a mobilisation they won't have to spend vast amounts of money on the inducements to sign contracts. (View Post)

Russia failed to sell government bonds today. The following is from Kommersant (translated by Google). The Ministry of Finance canceled an OFZ auction for the third time in a month. The Russian Minis… (View Post)

Britain isn't really in a position where it can afford to pay higher interest on its debt, and borrowing less is obviously a fine objective, but it's easier said than done. If you can keep … (View Post)

Tell Sid. (View Post)