American foundations turned out to be the secret weapon of the United States against Russia. They have accumulated enough Russian public debt to bring down the ruble. This is evidenced by the “Review of the risks of financial markets” of the Central Bank of Russia for the last month.

For the first time, the regulator revealed data on foreign holders of federal loan bonds (OFZ), which account for 23.3 percent of government securities. More than half of investments, 13.8 percent, belong to funds from the USA and Great Britain.

Apparently, the Americans hold OFZs for 944 billion rubles, the British – for 947 billion. The rest 410 billion are from investors from Belgium, Singapore and several other countries. Meanwhile, the report indicates that the circle of large investors is very narrow. For example, in Belgium, almost all securities (98.5 percent) are held by one buyer. The largest holder from the United States owns OFZs worth 784.5 billion rubles (83.1 percent of American investments).