OREANDA-NEWS From September 19 to 26, Russia's international reserves increased at a record pace. This is reported by the press service of the Bank of Russia.

International (gold and foreign exchange) reserves are highly liquid foreign assets at the disposal of the Central Bank and the government. They consist of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), a reserve position with the IMF, and funds in foreign currency (other reserve assets).

Over the week, reserves rose 0.1 percent to $713.3 billion. The reason for the increase is called a positive revaluation.

Over the past year, international reserves increased by 1.8 percent and amounted to $609.1 billion by the beginning of 2025.

As noted earlier, in August, gold reserves in Russia's international reserves fell to their lowest level in almost two and a half years. Over the last month of summer, the country's gold reserve decreased by 3.15 tons to 2,326.5 tons, the lowest level since the spring of the year before last.