Russia's current account surplus more than tripled in January-July

This is stated in the published data of the Central Bank.

“The dynamics of the current account of the balance of payments was determined by the expansion of the positive balance of the total balance of goods and services as a result of a significant increase in the value of exports of goods and a decrease in the value of goods imports,” the regulator said.

In addition, with regard to the surplus of Russia's foreign trade in goods and services, here the indicators also increased by 2.5 times in the first seven months of 2022, reaching $192.4 billion.

In July, the surplus of Russia's foreign trade in goods and services in the first half of the year amounted to $158.4 billion.