MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 424.9 billion rubles ($16.2 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, up 8.1% (31.9 billion rubles/$1.2 billion) from Tuesday, the CBR said Wednesday.
Credit institutions' balances on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia stood at 61.6 billion rubles ($2.35 billion), up 4.2 % (2.5 billion rubles/ $95.6 million) from Tuesday.