MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti) - Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Central Bank of Russia fell 7% from Thursday to 384.5 billion rubles ($14.7 billion at the current exchange rate) at the beginning of the business day, the CBR said Friday.
Credit institutions' balances on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia decreased 13% (by 29.1 billion rubles) to 197.6 billion rubles ($7.5 billion).