NEWSru.com informs that Russia intends to discuss with Japan the possibilities of returning the royal gold transported to the East country at the beginning of ?? century.

This question was discussed in Russia in 2000. At that time there was the information appeared in the country about gold $80 bln worth. The precious metal was transported to Japan in order to buy arms, but the deal failed. Now, according to some sources, the bullions are kept in the basements of Japanese Mitsubisi Bank.

There are Russian gold bullions kept in other countries as well: the USA, the Great Britain, France. The total cost of the precious metal is estimated to be about $100 bln.