Russia Dumped U.S. Bond Holdings This Year Amid U.S. Sanctions Push
(World News Russia)

While Russian President Vladimir Putin has been seeking to mend relations with his U.S. counterpart, his government has been dumping U.S. debt in a way seldom seen in global markets, financial analysts say. Data released by the U.S. Treasury on July 19 shows that Russia, which once ranked among the top 10 foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, by May had sold off all but about $15 billion of that debt -- down from nearly $100 billion in March. The unusually rapid selloff of U.S. bonds -- which many analysts are attributing to rising U.S.-Russia...