“There are options on a repayable basis for the use of NWF funds for megaprojects of development and are being considered.

These projects exist, some of them are known, some of them are being worked out, ”he said.

According to the Kremlin spokesman, the NWF should remain for Russia as a safety cushion, given the constant decline in the predictability of the global environment.

“We see in general a constantly decreasing threshold of predictability of events in the global economic environment.

And, of course, in such a turbulent world, the NWF should remain as an airbag, ”says Peskov.

In July, the Russian Ministry of Finance brought the de facto structure of the NWF to new standards, excluding the dollar.