“The main task of the economic agenda is the launch of a new investment cycle, reaching the annual investment growth rate of not less than 5%, but 5-7%, in order to ensure economic growth rates higher than the world’s next year,” the president said.

The head of state noted that he was counting on joint partnership between the government and the Bank of Russia.

The president also said that so far the reserves of the National Wealth Fund of Russia exceed $ 125 billion, and international reserves amount to $ 560 billion.

Professor, Doctor of Science Valery Maslennikov, Head of the Department of Management Theory and Business Technology at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, commented on the Russian policy regarding gold and foreign exchange reserves in an interview with FBA “Economics Today”.