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Russian Finance Ministry to Hold Treasury Bond Auction on Wednesday

By The Moscow Times

The Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that it would auction a total of 10 billion rubles ($221 million) in two OFZ treasury bonds auctions on Wednesday.

Bonds worth 5 billion rubles would be due on Aug. 16, 2023. The second auction of the same amount would be of bonds due on May 11, 2016.

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