"As of August 1, 2020, the volume of the NWF amounted to 12,958,678.3 million rubles, or 11.4% of GDP projected for 2020," the text says.

It is specified that the volume of the fund's liquid assets, that is, funds in bank accounts with the Central Bank, amounted to the equivalent of 8.707 trillion rubles.

In July, the Ministry of Finance announced the timeline for returning to the current budget rules.