So, according to the FCS, only in April - May, Russian companies exported 65.4 tons of gold for $ 3.55 billion. During this period, Gazprom sold abroad fuel for $ 2.4 billion.
According to the Central Bank, as a whole for the quarter gas sales brought Russia $ 3.5 billion in revenue - this is the minimum since 2002.
As the head of the ACRA Sustainability Risk Assessment Group, Maxim Khudalov, noted, this is the first time this situation has developed.
In April, world gold prices updated the maximum since November 2012 and reached $ 1,741 per troy ounce.