Quote Originally Posted by hddscan View Post
So, Russia uses its own money to pay for its own bills, takes money from the Reserve fund which was create exactly for that reason.
Let's make a fuss from it say it's a sign of economical disaster.
What a hoot.
You're either extremely stupid or just pretending.

If you had a bank account of $100 and you had to use $70 or $80 (and this is a 'reserve'/savings), someone might say, oh, wow, he's having financial trouble.

"The increase means that Russia could spend well over half of the fund, currently worth $85 billion, in a *single year* - a rapid run-down of the fiscal buffers that underlines the precarious state of government finances.

Nesterenko said in the worst-case scenario, the Reserve Fund could fall to as low as 1 trillion rubles by the end of the year, implying over 80 percent of the fund could be spent. "

Yeah, I guess that is nothing. Nothing to worry about.... move along....