20 Oct 2011 14:47

CBR to start investing international reserves in Australian dollar by year's end - Ulyukayev

MOSCOW. Oct 20 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia will start including the Australian dollar among international reserves by the end of this year, the bank's First Deputy Chairman, Alexei Ulyukayev, told journalists on Thursday.

"We'll start doing this by year's end," he said, adding that the CBR has already selected a counteragent for implementing these operations.