OREANDA-NEWS Russia's international reserves increased by $9.2 billion, or 1.3 percent, over the week, reaching $732.1 billion by July 24. This is reported on the website of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The decrease in the indicator, as noted in the Central Bank, occurred "mainly due to a positive revaluation."

International (gold and foreign exchange) reserves are highly liquid foreign assets available to the regulator. We are talking about foreign currency, gold, a reserve position in the IMF and special drawing rights.

In mid-September 2025, the size of Russian reserves surpassed the $700 billion mark for the first time, exceeded $740 billion a month later, and rose to a historic high of $826.8 billion on January 30. This trend was largely due to the rise in the price of gold, the price of which reached $ 5,595 per troy ounce for the first time in January.

Last week, the spot price of gold on world markets rose 0.9 percent, according to Reuters.