March 6 (Reuters) - Russia's finance ministry said on
Monday that the country's National Wealth Fund (NWF) stood at
$147.2 billion as of March 1, equivalent to 7.4% of gross
domestic product and down from $155.3 billion a month earlier.
The ministry said it spent 131.7 billion roubles ($1.75
billion)of Chinese yuan and gold from the NWF in February to
cover the government's budget deficit during the month.
Russia's NWF is a rainy day fund built up from years of
Russia's profits on oil and gas exports.
($1 = 75.1700 roubles)
(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Alexander Marrow;
Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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