Russia's international reserves increased by $1 billion in a week

Russia's international reserves increased by $1 billion in a week as of March 13. Now they amount to $803.2 billion. This was announced on March 19 by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

"As of the end of the day on March 13, 2026, international reserves amounted to $803.2 billion, having increased by $1.0 billion, or 0.1%, over the week, mainly due to a positive revaluation," the website says.

Prior to that, reserves amounted to $802.2 billion, having decreased by $8.9 billion from March 6 to March 13 due to negative revaluation. At the same time, gold reserves exceeded $400 billion on March 6 for the first time in history. Their share in the structure of international reserves increased to 48.3%, which was the highest since January 1995.

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