OREANDA-NEWS  The volume of Russian gold reserves reached more than $400 billion in January, according to RIA Novosti's analysis of Central Bank data.

Investments in gold increased by 23.3% in the middle of winter and amounted to a record $402.7 billion in modern history.

As a result, the share of this precious metal in Russian assets increased to 48.3% from 43.3% a month earlier. This is the highest level since January 1995, when the share of gold was 54.8%. At the same time, its value at that time was only $ 4.6 billion.

The maximum share of gold was observed on January 1, 1993 - at the level of 56.9%, and the minimum — in June 2007: only 2.1%.