3 May 2011 18:15

Russia's Reserve Fund decreases by 2.8 bln rubles in April, Welfare Fund - by 15 bln rubles

MOSCOW. May 3 (Interfax) - Russia's Reserve Fund stood at 741.71 billion rubles on May 1, 2011 ($27.11 billion) while the National Welfare Fund came to 2.595 trillion rubles ($94.34 billion), the Russian Finance Ministry said.

It was earlier reported that the Reserve fund stood at 748.53 billion rubles ($26.33 billion) and The National Welfare Fund - 2.6097 trillion rubles ($91.8 billion). Therefore, the Reserve Fund decreased by 2.82 billion rubles in April while National Welfare Fund went down by 15.08 billion rubles.