🇷🇺Russia Liquidates 71% of Its Gold Reserves to Finance War Effort

According to data from Russia’s Ministry of Finance, the volume of gold on the NWF’s balance sheet dropped by 71% between May 2022 and January 2025—from 554.9 metric tons to just 160.2 tons.

The figures, detailed by The Moscow Times on January 20, reveal that gold has become a primary stopgap as traditional revenue sources have weakened under international sanctions.

The federal budget deficit in 2025 reached 5.7 trillion rubles, five times larger than initially planned and the highest since the pandemic, according to data reviewed by The Moscow Times. Oil and gas revenues fell by 25% year-on-year.

Unfortunately this information I see spread around the internet is very misleading.

This is disinformation (or at best grossly misleading framing). Russia did not “sell 71% of its sovereign gold reserves.” The 71% figure refers only to gold held in the National Wealth Fund, which was drawn down to cover budget deficits and avoid borrowing.

Moscow’s actual sovereign gold stockpile is held by the Central Bank (over 2,300 tons). And thanks to rising gold prices, the value of Russia’s reserves has increased massively since 2022.

By over $216 billion, according to Bloomberg. This covers the frozen assets they lost 2 times.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 Trump is considering a complete oil blockade of Cuba.

Time to sleep. Goodnight everyone.

Stop looking at the posts about “Airliners on hold patterns around Israel” and go finish your university assignments or work or whatever you’ve been procrastinating about all day

🇷🇺Russia keeps sending whatever to the front.

I mean, if you honestly think about this– what the actual fuck? Nigga probably seen a drone first time in his life

🇷🇺Russian soldiers from the 35th brigade arranged an impromptu “homeless rest” after a combat mission and couldn’t come up with anything better than frying field mice over a fire. Another situation that again emphasizes the problem with provisions.

🇫🇷🇷🇺Frenchboys published footage of earlier captured Russian shadow tanker GRINCH.

The oil tanker which was seized by French forces on January 22, 2026, was carrying approximately 750,000 barrels of crude oil ≈ approx 30 million dollar load farmed.

There's a fucking fox outside my window screeching like a mf rn and I'm tempted to get dressed and try to fuck him up because that mf is not letting me sleep

Gery with the fox colorised, 2026

Stop reminding us bro we don’t have alzheimer 😭

Iran possesses the Epstein files and will leak the unredacted version in case of American or Israeli attacks

Trump has immediately ordered Netanyahu to stand down

Truly genius from the Ayatollah