| Russia's two oil revenue-funded sovereign wealth funds swelled by 353.3 billion rubles ($9.4 billion) last month to reach combined reserves of 6.54 trillion rubles ($177 billion), boosting the state's financial firepower as the West applies the economic screws on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia's Reserve Fund, which hoards U.S. dollars, euros and pounds sterling to insulate Russia against falling oil and gas prices, had assets worth 3.4 trillion ($91.7 billion) on Sept. 1, up 292 billion rubles, or 9.4 percent, from the start of August, according to the Finance Ministry...............................................Full Article: Source
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