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WASHINGTON, July 18. /TASS/. Russia reduced investments in securities of the U.S. government and is no longer included among the first 30 countries according to the amount of such investments. This was said in a Tuesday press release from the U.S. Treasury.

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The U.S. Treasury: in April Russia reduced investments in U.S. government bonds to $48.7 billion

The US Treasury: Russia in March increased its investments in U.S. government bonds to $96,1 billion

The US Treasury: Russia in February reduced investments in us government bonds to $93.8 bln

Of the Russian Federation in January 2018 and reduced its investments in US treasuries to $96,9 billion

It clarifies the Agency, in may reduced the volume of investments in the securities of the U.S. government to $14.9 billion.

In April, the Federation reduced the volume of investments to $48.7 billion in March, this amount was $96,1 billion Now in 30th place in the list is Chile, whose investment volume in may totaled $30.2 billion, while data on investments of Russia in it are not included.

Foreign state owned in may 2018 U.S. securities totaling $6,213 trillion, while in April 2018, the same figure was $6,169 trillion.

Us government bonds are owned by foreign legal and natural persons as well as companies, funds and private investors. Trade allows the U.S. government to public spending in terms of large budget deficits. U.S. Treasury obligations are considered the most reliable securities from those that are sold in global financial markets, though not the most profitable.