Moscow-Sana
The Russian Central Bank announced today that Russia's international reserves of "gold and foreign currencies" increased from the 12th to the 19th of this month by 0.20 percent, reaching a record amount of $626.3 billion.
And a statement issued by the bank, reported by Sputnik, stated that the volume of international reserves this week stabilized at $626.3 billion.
On the 12th of this month, the volume of Russia's international reserves amounted to $626.2 billion.
Russia's international reserves "gold and foreign currencies" represent the liquid foreign assets of the Russian Central Bank and the Russian government.
Last year, Russia's international reserves rose by 7.5 percent, and as of January 1, this year, amounted to $554.4 billion.
