Russians' mortgage debt exceeded 25 trillion rubles for the first time Russians' total debt on mortgage loans exceeded 25.1 trillion rubles for the first time, according to data from the central bank. In October the figure increased by 1.4%. At the same time, at the beginning of the year, the mortgage debt of the population amounted to a little more than 24 trillion rubles. Compared to September last year, the debt increased by 10.8%. At that time, the Russians owed the banks about 22.7 trillion rubles.