Russia's Finance Ministry raised €750 million in a top-up issue of an existing euro-denominated Eurobond and $3 billion in a new dollar-denominated Eurobond.
Dollar-denominated obligations are set to be paid off in 2035 with a yield of 5.1 percent, while a yield for euro-denominated papers were set at 2.375 percent with final maturity in 7 years.
"British investors purchased 40 percent of the euro-denominated bonds, while European financiers bought 18 percent. Businessmen from the US accounted for 17 percent of the issuance," Solovyev said, adding that 18 percent were purchased by Russians.
The economist noted that the share of Swiss investors totaled five percent, while two percent of the issuance were bought by financiers from Asia and other countries.
Britain also became the major buyer of dollar-denominated bonds, accounting for 55 percent of the issuance.
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This is on the heels of our resident warmonger in office, John Bolton, telling Breitbart that "all options" were on the table to protect the 50,000 Americans living in Venezuela.