Agreement that Russia will pay off Soviet Union’s last debt in the amount of $125.2 million will be signed in the next few months, and the debt itself will be paid off prior to the beginning of summer 2017, Izvestia reported quoting a source in the government.

Russian Ministry of Finance reported that repayment of the debt will be made at the expense of the budgetary funds provided in 2017 on settlement of a national debt. According to documents of the Ministry of Finance, 512.3 billion rubles are allocated for the purpose.