OREANDA-NEWS. On February 17, 2016, the Russian Finance Ministry filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in the High Court of London to secure repayment of Ukrainian obligations with a par value of USD 3.00 billion and Russia's court costs.

As of March 1, 2016, the aggregate amount of the National Wealth Fund was 5 356.96 billion rubles which is equivalent to 71.34 billion US dollars including:
1) In separate accounts to record funds of the National Wealth Fund with the Bank of Russia:
* 19.67 billion US dollars;
* 20.76 billion euros;
* 3.83 billion pounds sterlings;
2) 195.03 billion rubles and 6.25 billion US dollars were deposited with Vnesheconombank;
3) under an individual decision by the Russian Government 3.00 billion US dollars were placed in debt instruments of foreign states without placing demands on long-term credit ratings;
4) in bonds of Russian issuers related to implementing infrastructure projects, a list of which is approved by the Russian Government - 112.63 billion rubles and 4.11 billion US dollars;
5) in preferred shares of credit institutions - 278.99 billion rubles;
6) on deposits of OJSC Bank VTB and Bank GPB (JSC) in order to fund infrastructure projects a list of which is approved by the Russian Government - 164.43 billion rubles.

The aggregate calculated income from placing funds of the National Wealth Fund in foreign currency accounts of the Bank of Russia recalculated in dollars for a period from January 15 to February 29, 2016, was 0.12 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 8.98 billion rubles.

The exchange rate difference from recalculating monetary resources of the Fund from January 1 to February 29, 2016 was 129.78 billion rubles including:
* balances in foreign exchange accounts with the Bank of Russia - 100.27 billion rubles;
* funds deposited with Vnesheconombank in US dollars - 13.81 billion rubles;
* funds placed in debt instruments of foreign states without placing demands on long-term credit ratings -6.62 billion rubles.
* foreign-currency denominated bonds of Russian issuers related to implementing infrastructure projects, a list of which is approved by the Russian Government - 9.08 billion rubles.

The aggregate income from placing financial resources of the Fund in the authorized financial assets minus funds in the accounts of the Bank of Russia from January to February 2016 was 2.40 billion rubles which is equivalent to 0.03 billion US dollars.