Russia’s holdings of US state debt is 25 times smaller than that of tiny Luxembourg

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Russia’s holdings of US securities as of September stood at $10.75 billion, recent data from the US Treasury Department shows. Moscow’s total is just a fraction of what small states, like the Cayman Islands and Luxemburg, hold.

Once a top investor in US debt, Russia has dramatically reduced its holdings in recent years as part of an effort to cut reliance on the US dollar in response to sanctions imposed by Washington.

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