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Alberto Nardelli: Russia goes on decade’s biggest gold buying spree
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) holds a gold bar while visiting the Central Depository of the Bank of Russia next to Georgy Luntovsky (L), first deputy chief of the Central Bank of Russia, on Jan. 24, 2011 in Moscow.
When the going gets tough countries buy gold. Over the past decade, Russia's central bank has been the most active gold buyer in the sector.
