“According to preliminary estimates of the Bank of Russia, the surplus of the current account of the balance of payments of the Russian Federation in January-February 2023 amounted to $12.9 billion,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement.
It is noted that the indicators decreased by 65.9% compared with the data for the same period in 2022.
In addition, the Central Bank reported that Russia's international reserves as of March 3 amounted to $578.4 billion.