In total, the volume of American deliveries amounted to about 11 billion US dollars. According to the law on lend-lease, it was necessary to pay only for what survived during the war. Negotiations on the final amount of the payment began in 1948.
Negotiations between the USSR and the USA regarding Lend-Lease debt took place in several rounds. The Americans put up a debt of 2.7 billion dollars. During negotiations in 1948, the Soviet representatives agreed to pay only a small amount. Naturally, this caused a refusal from the Americans. In 1949, negotiations also came to nothing. In 1951, the US government twice reduced the debt to $800 million, but the USSR agreed to pay only $300 .
Only by 1972 did the US and the USSR reach an agreement on the payment of debts. According to the document, the USSR undertook to pay $722 million by 2001, including interest. In 1973, the USSR made payments in the amount of 48 million dollars, but the payment of the debt was suspended due to unfavorable trade measures for the USSR (the Jackson-Vanik amendment). Only in 1990 did the parties again return to the discussion of debt. They set a new Lend-Lease maturity date of 2030 and a final amount of $674 million
After the collapse of the USSR, the lend-lease debt was reissued to Boris Yeltsin. Thus, out of a total supply of $11 billion, the USSR (later the Russian Federation) undertook to pay $722 million, i.e. 7% of the $11 billion supply.
