15.07 Russia Moves Forward on Repaying $8M Debt to Czech Republic

MOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Finance Ministry to discuss repaying Russia’s Soviet-era debt of about $8 million to the Czech Republic, the Prime economic news agency reported Monday.

In a decree, posted on Russia’s official website of legal information, Medvedev tells the finance ministry “to hold negotiations with the Czech side, with the participation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Economic Development Ministry and [Vnesheconombank] the State Corporation