the math is not even close ... if there is that much real gold ... its worth a lot more ...

the article reports 7.1 million $'s worth which if you divide

7,170,000 by 1708 = 4198 ounces .. not even two tonnes

if there is 700 tons the value of the missing gold is

700 x 2000 x 14.5833 (troy ounces in 1 lb) x $1708

= 34,871,658,700

thats 34 billion with a B.

Incidentally, whoever would send that kind of gold on a single ship would have that boat heavily guarded and insured ... after all we are talking about over 3/4 of all Russian reserves based upon the 2010 estimated Russian gold holdings ...

I can't put much faith in that article becuase whoever wrote and their editor is so mathematically impaired as to think 700 tons x 1708 is only 7 mil ... they cant be taken seriosuly ....btw did you know that Mitt Romney is really 323,802 years old. ooops same proportional error factor on the value of the gold.

orgy