About inclusion of gold coins as monetary gold in International Reserves calculation

The External and Public Relations Department of the Bank of Russia informs that for the purpose of upgrading International Reserves of the Russian Federation statistics and in line with on-going transition to the methodology set out in the 6th edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (further to the Information Notice dated October 26, 2009) with effect from June 1, 2010 monetary gold item will include gold coins with the purity of 999/1,000.

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27.05.2010 00.00.00