Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Московское золото" in Russian language version.
The USSR has not even bothered to recognize the Republican Government in exile. That frees the Soviet Union, among other things, from the obligation to listen to their claims on the gold deposited by the Government of Dr. Negrín in the security vaults of the Central Bank of the USSR. Hundreds and thousands of millions of gold-pesetas form the treasure abducted by the Government of the USSR from the Spanish Republican Government in exile. This treasure would allow to powerfully push the fight of the anti-Francoists for the liberation of Spain. Stalin refuses to return it. Stalin is helping Franco in the same proportion as he takes away from the democratic Spaniards the possibility to fight.