Matvienko invited the government to increase purchases of gold from miners

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko believes that the government should “seriously consider” the possibility of increasing purchases of gold and precious metals from Russian miners. In her opinion, this gold reserve of Russia will not depreciate.

“First, (this will help.— “b”) to support our producers, and secondly, it’s better than a discredited currency or accounting it somewhere on some foreign accounts,” Ms. Matvienko said at a meeting of the Federation Council with the participation of the head of the Ministry of Economy Maxim Reshetnikov (quote from RIA Novosti ).

In March, the Central Bank (CB) after a two-year break resumed buying gold on the domestic market, but after two weeks again stopped. The regulator explained this by the increased demand for precious metals from the population. Later, the Central Bank resumed purchases, but until June 30, transactions carried out at a fixed price of 5 thousand rubles. for 1 year

In July, EU countries approved the seventh package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. It includes a ban on the import of Russian gold.

Read about whether the purchase of this metal will be in demand in the material “Kommersant FM” “Gold is discounted”.

Laura Keffer