“I responsibly declare that no gold from the state fund of Russia went to any England.

At least for the seven years that I supervise the industry, gold has never been exported from Gokhran, on the contrary, we only buy it and have increased the supply all these years, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

According to him, Russia's gold reserves are stored in two places: in the Urals and "here, closer."

Earlier, the Ministry of Finance proposed amending the law "On mobilization and mobilization training in the Russian Federation", which provide for the formation of a stock of precious stones and metals for mobilization needs.