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Sputnik News: Russia stockpiles gold to guard against manipulation by U.S.
From Sputnik News, Moscow
Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Central Bank of Russia has recently been buying bullion at an unprecedented pace. According to Argentine financial expert Gabriel Rubinstein, this policy is aimed at protecting the Russian economy in the event of crisis situations, including against dollar-related "manipulations" by the United States.
"Countries stockpile gold for strategic and defensive reasons -- for instance, in case relations between nations are damaged and their currencies lose their value," Gabriel Rubinstein, a financial consultant and former representative of the Argentine Central Bank, told Sputnik Mundo.
If there is such a situation, according to the expert, gold reserves would be the basis for a new currency or other valuable assets in the future.
"Gold, this eternal financial resource, has a real value if compared to other financial assets. The Russian government believes that it's better to have more gold resources than dollars. Hypothetically speaking, if Russia holds tons of U.S. dollars and the United States wanted to damage Russia's economy, this would be possible through currency manipulations," Rubinstein said, adding that gold guarantees against such a scenario. ...
... For the remainder of the report:
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201710141058226369-russia-gold-reserves/
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