The country’s holdings have risen by nearly $10 billion over the past month, official data shows Russia’s international reserves reached a record high of $687.7 billion at the end of June, the country’s central bank reported on Thursday. Over $300 billion of that amount remains frozen in the West over the Ukraine conflict, in a move Moscow has described as illegal. According to data from the Bank of Russia, reserves rose by $500 million, or 0.1%, during the week of June 20 due to “a positive