“‘Due to the worsening geopolitical situation, the Central Bank actively redistributed foreign exchange reserves, replacing US Treasury bonds with gold,’ Alfa Bank’s chief economist, Natalya Orlova, told Kommersant. Instead of buying euros and dollars, Russia’s Central Bank is eyeing the Chinese yuan and the Japanese yen. Boosting currency swaps and bilateral payments with China and other strategic trade partners will continue to bypass the US dollar. Last week, Russia’s and China’s central banks have agreed to increase currency swaps. Holding more of these currencies is a logical move for Russia, which has high trade volumes with both China and Japan.”
http://rt.com/business/180588-russia-central-bank-gold/
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