MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 342.6 billion rubles ($12.9 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 3.3% (11.4 billion rubles/$429.2 million) from Thursday, the CBR said Friday.
Credit institutions' balances on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia stood at 55.4 billion rubles ($2.1 billion), down 0.2% (100 million rubles/$3.8 million) from Thursday.