Russia’s investments in treasury bonds of the U.S. Treasury Department in February decreased by $750 million compared to the previous month – to $3.753 billion.

According to the U.S. Ministry of Finance, at the end of February, Russia owned long-term government securities worth $2 million, the same as a month earlier. Meanwhile, investments in short-term securities decreased by $750 million to $3.751 billion.

Japan remained the largest holder of U.S. debt in February of this year, its investments increased by $3.2 billion compared to the previous month – up to $1 trillion 306.3 billion. At the same time, China, occupying the second place, reduced the portfolio of US Treasuries by $5.3 billion – up to $1 trillion 54.8 billion.

The third position with a large gap from the leaders continues to be occupied by Great Britain ($625.2 billion), Ireland ($314.8 billion) moved to the fourth line, which displaced down Luxembourg ($314 billion). The top 10 holders of U.S. government securities also include Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Belgium, Taiwan and Brazil.

Total non-resident investment in US Treasuries in February rose by $51.9 billion to $7 trillion 713.6 billion, of which securities worth $4 trillion 165.1 billion belonged to foreign governments or central banks.

As reported, in April 2018, amid the imposition of anti-Russian sanctions, Russia’s investments in US Treasuries fell almost twice – to $48.7 billion from $96.1 billion. In May of the same year, the figure collapsed more than three times, to $14.9 billion, after which Russia left the list of 33 countries that are the largest holders of US government debt. At the same time, in 2013, Russia’s investments in U.S. government bonds exceeded $150 billion.