China and Brazil are interested as well

This and the following month, Russia will invest 10 billion dollars in gold and foreign currencies in the bonds of IMF, announced the Russian minister for finance Konstantin Vishkovski.

He said that Russia considers to buy 10 billion dollars worth bonds of IMF from the exchange and gold reserves of the Russian Central bank. The minister added that China and Brazil are also interested in buying bonds from IMF: China for 50 billion dollars and Brazil for 10 billion dollars.