苏联东欧国家的外债数额,一直呈上升趋势:1984年为800.6亿美元,1987年为1221亿美元,到今年2月中旬,为1501亿美元(债务净额为1200亿美元)。巨额外债影响了苏东一些国家的国计民生,还债已成为这些国家的沉重负担。 近年来,苏联由于国际石油价格下跌影响,加上国内农业歉收和其他原出,造成预算赤字增加,只好大量借债。近一、二年,苏联债务以平均每月7亿美元的速度增加,现 The foreign debt of the eastern European countries in the Soviet Union has been on an upward trend: 80.06 billion U.S. dollars in 1984, 121.2 billion U.S. dollars in 1987 and 150.1 billion U.S. dollars (with a net debt of 120 billion U.S. dollars) in mid-February this year. Huge foreign debts have affected the national economy and the people’s livelihood in some countries in the Sudan and the East and debt repayment has become a heavy burden on these countries. In recent years, the Soviet Union has had to borrow heavily because of the drop in international oil prices, coupled with the domestic agricultural failure and other problems that have caused the budget deficit to rise. In the past year or two, Soviet debt has risen at an average rate of 700 million U.S. dollars per month. Now