“As of August 23, international reserves amounted to $ 527.7 billion, having decreased over the week by $ 0.7 billion, or 0.1%,” the regulator said in a statement.
It is noted that the reduction occurred under the prevailing influence of negative revaluation, substantially leveled operations in the domestic market, including the purchase of foreign currency under the budget rule.
Earlier, Bloomberg news agency reported that Moscow could overtake Riyadh in gold and foreign exchange reserves.
In April, the 360 channel, citing data from the Central Bank, reported that Russia's foreign exchange reserves reached their maximum value over the past five years.