A Bloomberg story making the rounds this week points out that the value of Russia’s monetary gold reserves has increased by $216 billion since February 2022, offsetting much of the roughly $300 billion in Russian reserves Western countries are trying to steal. RT takes a look inside the somewhat opaque world of Russia’s gold holdings. What Russia’s gold reserves are – and what they are not The headline gold reserve figure published by Russia’s central bank (CBR) does not actually include all