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Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which will boost defense spending to a record $858 billion next year. The amendment is similar to a bill introduced in March by independent Senator from Main Angus King, Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee and Democratic Senator from New Hampshire Maggie Hassan.
Russia's central bank has the fifth largest gold reserves in the world at 2,298.50 tonnes, currently valued at $133.6 billion.
Y en dónde se encuentra esas reservas
Gold is money; China, India, and middle eastern countries happy to settle in gold. USA / Western are over estimating their importance. There is nothing US can provide Russia can’t get at home or elsewhere.
So, isn't the brutal and tactical US lead NATO expansion the same thing. This King fellow is a biased twat.'Russia's massive gold supply is one of the few remaining assets that Putin can tap to bankroll his country's violent, bloody expansionism,' King told CNN in a statement