Perhaps they sense a widespread manipulation leading to a crash on
   price us afoot.Â

   On Thu, Apr 2, 2020, 12:57 AM Zenaan Harkness <[1]zen@freedbms.net>
   wrote:

     In a most interesting turn of events:
     Â  Why Did Russia Just Halt Domestic Gold Purchases?
     Â
     [2]https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/why-did-russia-just-halt-do
     mestic-gold-purchases
     Â  Â  Â  .. "Since April 1, 2020, the Bank of Russia has suspended
     the purchase of gold in the domestic precious metals market.
     Â  Â  Â  .. This would have a manifold benefit by helping enable
     increased ownership of physical precious metals around the world,
     and potentially supporting the case for more de-dollarization.
     Â  Â  Â  .. Given the huge physical premiums in precious metals (and
     a plunge in crude profits for the nation), it would make sense to
     enable producers to sell into global markets at a sizable profit
     Â  Â  Â  What will [current Russian gold reserves of] $120 billion
     (at current prices) be worth when the dollar dies?
     Interesting times...

References

   1. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   2. https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/why-did-russia-just-halt-domestic-gold-purchases