OREANDA-NEWS. May 6, 2009. Gold output in Russia rose more than 50% to 26.5 tons in 1Q 2009, according to the Russian Gold Industrialists Union. Gold producers are less hit by the ongoing crisis on the back of high prices for gold which enjoys investment demand. In January-March incremental gold production came mainly from the Chukotka Autonomous District and the Krasnoyarsk and Amur regions.