Provision Gokhran to buy Alrosa diamonds for 2025

Alexey Moiseev confirmed that the Ministry had made a provision Russia’s Finance Ministry is currently monitoring the trends of the diamonds market, planning to decide on acquisitions of diamonds from Alrosa to the State Precious Metals and Gems Repository (Gokhran) at the end of the second quarter, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev told domestic reporter. He confirmed the information that the Finance Ministry had made a provision for purchases of diamonds from Alrosa to Gokhran for 2025. "At this stage we are monitoring the market dynamics so far, indeed, it is rather weak, though not much time has passed," he said. "Fundamentally, the first quarter is rarely strong. I think that we will actually see how much the situation has changed structurally, or this has rather been a seasonal factor, at the end of the second quarter, and then we will be taking a decision," the official added. Earlier, Moiseev said that the Finance Ministry was...