The fund, established in 2004 to accumulate windfall profits from oil prices and hold back inflation by neutralizing an influx of petrodollars, will stand at 5.343 trillion rubles ($197.5 billion) in 2008 and 6.419 trillion rubles ($237.3 billion) in 2009, the source added.
Latest forecasts put the Stabilization Fund's earnings in 2006 at 1.651 trillion rubles ($61.05 billion), against the initially forecasted figure of 857.5 billion rubles ($31.7 billion).
As of June 1, 2006, the fund stood at 1.929 trillion rubles ($71.33 billion) and is expected to reach 3 trillion rubles ($110.9 billion) by the year's end.
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