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The volume of gold and foreign exchange of Russian Federation on September 27, 2002 constituted $45,4 bln while on September 20, 2002 it was $45,3 bln.

Gold and foreign exchange reserves are high fluid financial assets; they include monetary gold, special rights of borrowing, reserves position in IMF and foreign currency.

After July 1, 2002, the published figures of gold and foreign exchange reserves are reduced for the sum of floating liabilities of Central Bank of Russian Federation in article eight currencies.