CREDITORS BEGAN TO APPLY TO THE COURTS MORE OFTEN TO COLLECT SMALL DEBTS

For the third year in a row, Russian courts continue to close more and more claims for debt collection on loans and borrowings in the amount of up to 50,000 rubles. This is reported by Kommersant with reference to the statistics of the work of the courts.

In the first six months of 2023, the number of completed claims increased by one and a half times to 4.7 million rubles. And the share of such statements in closed debt collection cases has increased to 73% compared to 65.7% in 2022.

It also turned out that the number of completed debt collection claims for amounts over 100,000 rubles is decreasing today. So, according to the results of the first half of 2023, about 650,000 such cases were closed. This is 12% less year-on-year.