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Nearly 100 Years Ago, Romania Gave Russia 90 Tons of Gold – Now It Wants to Recover Them. Bnr: “a Moral Debt”

Summary by Digi 24
The head of the National Bank of Romania, Christian Păunescu, sits on the carpet, in an interview for the public television station in Poland, TVPWorld, the issue of the Romanian Treasurer, which was not recovered from Russia. It says that for the Romans, recovery is a moral debt issue. All possible means of negotiation have been tried, but the USSR and, later, Russia has ignored this debt. The treasure value is now raised to 8 billion euros.

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It's a " Moral duty" of Romania to recover Russia's gold gold later than a century later, says Christian Păunescu, Governor of the BNR, in a statement for the Polish publication TVP World which documented...

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The director of the National Bank of Romania, Cristian Păunescu, recently spoke about the Romance Museum, which has not been recovered from Russia. The article has given Russia nearly 100 years ago 90 tons of gold. As he wants to recover them now: "This is a moral debt" appeared for the first time in Romania TV.

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The head of the National Bank of Romania, Christian Păunescu, sits on the carpet, in an interview for the public television station in Poland, TVPWorld, the issue of the Romanian Treasurer, which was not recovered from Russia. It says that for the Romans, recovery is a moral debt issue. All possible means of negotiation have been tried, but the USSR and, later, Russia has ignored this debt. The treasure value is now raised to 8 billion euros.

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Russia and Romania signed an agreement in 2003 that led to the formation of a commission to examine the problem.

Cristian Păunescu, adviser to the Governor of the Romanian National Bank (BNR), said in an interview with the Polish publication TVP World that the recovery of Romanian treasure over a century in Russia remains a moral and historical debt.

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Digi 24 broke the news in Romania on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
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