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Russia's foreign state debt decreased by $812.6 million, or 1.6 percent, to $49.804 billion in March 2013, the Finance Ministry said in its materials on the structure of foreign state debt.
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Foreign debt in euro increased by 0.188 billion euro to 38.894 billion euro in the period, mainly due to a revaluation of foreign debt denominated in dollars.
The decrease in March included a $636.6 million decline in outstanding debt on the Eurobond issue maturing in 2030, to $12.345 billion.
In addition, debt to international financial institutions decreased by $112.3 million to $1.467 billion, while Paris Club debt not subject to restructuring declined by $53.3 million to $254.8 million.
In January-March 2013, Russia's external debt declined by 1.9 percent or $0.965 billion, from $50.769 billion on January 1.
