US Treasury: Russia owns US $ 3.9 billion in US bonds 
Russia held US government securities worth 3,918 in September billion dollars. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the US Treasury.
According to the agency, the Russian portfolio contains long-term bonds worth $ 204 million, as well as short-term bonds worth $ 3.714 billion. It is noted that Russia began to rid itself of the American public debt in 2018, when it had $ 96 billion in securities.
The department also said that as of September of this year, Japan was the largest holders of the US public debt ($ 1.299 trillion ) and China ($ 1.047 trillion).
Earlier, US President Joe Biden signed a bill to raise the country's public debt ceiling by $ 480 billion. According to the decree, the limit will be increased to $ 28.9 trillion. It is expected that this amount should be sufficient for the US government to fully continue to fulfill its obligations until the beginning of December.