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The National Wealth Fund is a sovereign wealth fund designed to support the Russian pension system and cover budget deficits.
MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Russia’s National Wealth Fund totaled 12.98 trillion rubles ($151.85 bln) as of October 1, 2026, or 5.5% of GDP projected for 2026, according to the Russian Finance Ministry’s website. The National Wealth Fund was equivalent to $153.8 bln.
The fund’s liquid assets totaled 3.8 trillion rubles ($44.45 bln) as of October 1, or 1.6% of GDP projected for 2026, equivalent to $45 bln. The fund’s liquid assets stood at 4 trillion rubles ($46.79 bln) as of September 1.
The total estimated income from the placement of the National Wealth Fund’s money in foreign currency accounts with the Bank of Russia, recalculated in US dollars, amounted to $78.8 mln from December 15, 2025, through September 30, 2026, equivalent to 6.7 bln rubles ($78.38 mln).
Exchange rate differences on the fund’s foreign currency-denominated assets and the revaluation of the gold in which the fund’s resources are invested totaled 384.4 bln rubles ($4.50 bln) from January 1 through September 30, 2026.
As of October 1, the National Wealth Fund held 184.4 bln Chinese yuan and 131.7 metric tons of gold in accounts with the Bank of Russia.

The share of gold in the international reserves of the Bank of Russia decreased in September to 41.22% amid a general decrease in the volume of reserves to $731.8 billion and a fall in the value of gold reserves.

T-Bank has updated its banking application, introducing the concept of “dopamine banking”. The main goal is to simplify the interface and reduce the cognitive load on the user while maintaining the full functionality of the services.

Russia's international reserves fell by 4.85% to $731.76 billion as of October 1, 2026, driven by a decrease in both foreign currency holdings and the value of monetary gold, according to the Bank of Russia.

The Finnish Ministry of Finance has presented a plan to gradually increase the retirement age to 70 years. The measure is aimed at increasing the level of employment and increasing the number of working citizens in the country by 50–120 thousand people.

The cancellation of the supply of 20 thousand tons of Russian sunflower oil due to the destruction of port infrastructure has aggravated the shortage of the product in India. Indian companies are being forced to increase palm oil purchases as supplies dwindle ahead of the festive season.

Nassim Taleb said that gold is strengthening its status as a reserve currency amid the freezing of Russian assets and declining confidence in the dollar. According to the economist, the precious metal has no real alternative for states fearing sanctions.