Foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Russia for September fell to $ 28 billion

The Department of Foreign Affairs Yuanka Russia reported that the amount of foreign reserves as of October 1, 2011 dropped to a mark of 516.84 billion dollars. Decline in their volume for the month was 28.164 billion dollars. Moreover, the current data structure of interest reserves. Since the amount of foreign currency reached 459.75 billion dollars, gold - 44.35 billion, SDR - 8,879 billion. Also, reserve position in the IMF amounted to 3.86 billion dollars. The main reasons for the reduction of reserves in September - a negative foreign exchange revaluation of the strong euro and the weakening of large-scale intervention, the Bank of Russia to support the ruble. Moreover, domestic sales for the month during the intervention reached $ 8 billion.