Personal deposits with Russian banks rose by 17.2%, from R3.7935 trillion to R4.4456 trln, in January through July, 2007, the Federal Statistics Service said. In early August, SBERBANK held R2.3575 trln in personal deposits, at 53% of the total, down 0.5% since the start of the year. As of August 1, 2007, banks held R3.8195 trln in personal rouble deposits, while personal foreign-currency deposits with the banks totalled the rouble equivalent of R626.1 billion.
Source: VEDOMOSTI.RU, October 3, 2007
