MOSCOW, September 29 (Itar-Tass) Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves plunged by 6 billion US dollars from 532 billion dollars to 526 billion (or by 1.1 per cent) on September 16-23, the foreign and public relations department of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said.

The country's foreign exchange reserves record registered on August 8, 2008 was 598.1 billion US dollars.