[02.07.09]
The Central Bank of Russia said on Thursday that the country’s gold and currency reserves are up by 3.4 billion USD (+ 0.8 percent) during last week to a volume 410.5 billion USD per 26 June 2009.
The reserves are in total down 14.6 billion USD since 1 January 2009.
The reserves have been on 182,2 billion in the beginning of 2006, 303,9 billion in the beginning of 2007, 478,7 billion at 1 January 2008 and 427,1 billion USD at 1 January 2009. They reached their highest volume with 598,1 billion USD before the conflict with Georgia about South-Ossetia in the beginning of August 2008.
[ Russia-media.RU – Murmansk & Shtokman News / FLAIT Murmansk ]

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