MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 666.1 billion rubles ($25.3 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 1.4% (9.1 billion rubles/$345 million) from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
Credit institutions' balances on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia stood at 57.1 billion rubles ($2.2 billion), up 8.1% (3.9 billion rubles/$147.8 million) from Thursday.