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Russia sells Gold

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    Yes, Russia's Central Bank has started selling physical gold from its National Wealth Fund (NWF) reserves on the domestic market in 2025, a major shift from previous years of buying, to support the ruble, plug budget deficits from falling oil revenues, and manage sanctions, with significant amounts already sold to domestic banks and firms. This move is part of a strategy to convert strategic assets into rubles for domestic needs, with gold sales becoming a key tool alongside yuan trading to cover financial gaps, depleting NWF gold holdings by over half since 2022.
    Key Details:
    Shift in Strategy: Until 2025, Russia built up gold reserves by buying; now, the Central Bank is selling physical gold to market participants (banks, state firms).
    Reason: To fund budget shortfalls, support the ruble, and address liquidity issues as oil revenues decline, using gold as a liquid asset.
    Scale: The NWF's gold reserves dropped by 57% (from 405.7 tonnes to 173.1 tonnes) by November 2025 compared to pre-war levels, with significant sales occurring in 2025.
    Mechanism: Sales are conducted under the government's budget rule and are similar to recent yuan sales, utilizing the increased liquidity in the domestic gold market.
    Context: This marks a forced measure as other liquid assets dwindle, turning gold from a strategic buffer into a direct funding source for the state.
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  3. Russia Sells Gold to Pay for the War
    Faced with rising military spending and shrinking energy revenues, the Kremlin has begun liquidating gold to fund its war economy
    Vic Langston

    For more than two years after the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one storyline appeared rock solid in global financial markets: gold had become the ultimate refuge for states that feared being locked out of the Western-dominated financial system.

    When the United States, the European Union, and their allies froze a large share of Russia’s foreign currency reserves in early 2022, the shockwave rippled far beyond Moscow. Governments around the world, especially those skeptical of Western political influence, took careful note. Holding reserves in U.S. dollars, euros, or pounds suddenly appeared less secure than previously assumed. Gold, by contrast, is tangible. It can be stored domestically. It does not depend on foreign clearing systems. It cannot easily be frozen with the stroke of a diplomatic pen. From that moment onward, gold began to look not only like a traditional safe-haven asset for private investors but also like a strategic pillar of national sovereignty.

    Central banks responded accordingly. China reported to the International Monetary Fund that it had purchased roughly 354 tons of…

    Then, in the autumn of this year, that narrative suddenly wobbled. After reaching an all-time high on October 20, the gold price dropped sharply, at one point losing more than ten percent of its value in a short period. Market participants searched for explanations. Some pointed to profit-taking after a long rally. Others cited shifting expectations about interest rate…
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