Russia's first Eurobond issue in three years showed that Western sanctions are no longer preventing the government from raising funds overseas – but by the same token, the amount raised ($1.75bn) was relatively small and came at a price. We estimate that the sanctions have added a premium of around 100bp to the country's dollar bond yields relative to other EMs with similar credit ratings.
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