MOSCOW, May 25 (Reuters) - Russia's deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would forbid Moscow from selling gold from central bank reserves, even to help flood victims, a government source told Reuters on Friday. The source was commenting on Thursday's statement from President Vladimir Putin that he was willing to dip into Russia's gold and diamond reserves to help people in the flood-hit Sakha Republic who have lost their homes. "Our monetary programme doesn't allow central bank gold sales. We have to accumulate reserves and must not allow central bank decapitalisation," the source said. -END- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
