International reserves for the week rose to 15 billion dollars

Department external and public relations of Bank of Russia reports that the volume of international reserves of the Russian Federation as at 19 December 2008 amounted to 450.8 billion dollars against 435.4 billion dollars on December 12, 2008. For the week the volume of international reserves has increased by 15.4 billion dollars recall, last week the international reserves decreased by 1.6 billion USD