EuroChem also requested that bondholders approve the replacement of the bond trustee and “release the issuer and guarantors from covenants and certain events of default”.
Bondholders have until September 5 to vote on the proposal, with the result of the vote to be announced on September 7 at 1600 GMT.
The company said Western sanctions and retaliatory Russian capital restrictions were the reason for the request to freeze interest payments.