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The inaugural issuance of Baikal bonds — denominated in renminbi and issued in Russia — has come closer this week as the Russian Ministry of Finance toured Hong Kong and Mainland China on a non-deal roadshow, sources told GlobalRMB.

Gazprom this week sold its first euro denominated bond of the year, a €750m seven year, with a new issue premium that a lead manager has estimated at only 0bp-2bp.

En+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, began trading in London and Moscow on Friday after the book for its $1.5bn IPO came together at “the last minute,” according to a banker on the deal.

The IPO of EN+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, has got covered at its base size, on the penultimate day of the bookbuild.

The $1.5bn flotation of EN+, the aluminium and power company controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, in London and Moscow is coming during a hot time for the aluminium market and will help to seal a partnership between Russian producer Rusal and Glencore.

En+ Group, the Russian power and metals company controlled by Oleg Deripaska, has opened the books for its $1.5bn IPO in London and Moscow, which may value it at up to $8.5bn if the deal is priced at the top of its price range.

One of the most widely anticipated IPOs in the EMEA region got going on Thursday when EN+ Group, the Russian power and metals business controlled by Oleg Deripaska, said it would sell up to $1.5bn worth of global depositary receipts in London and Moscow in November.

Gazprom printed a further Swiss franc bonds on Thursday. The deal was less reliant on Russian lenders to reach the Sfr500m ($517.9m) capped size than its previous two Swiss bonds, as Gazprom has developed a strong reputation among Swiss, and wider European, retail lenders.

Gazprom will return to Switzerland next week for roadshows in Geneva and Zurich. And, as retail taste for sub-investment grade credit grows, the bookrunners are confident the Russian gas firm will attract demand.

Norilsk Nickel had taken a book of $1.4bn for its new April 2022 and looked to be on track to print with its lowest coupon ever as it makes use of the seemingly unstoppable bid for emerging market assets.

Gazprom has announced plans for a UK roadshow next week ahead of a potential return to the sterling bond market.

Gazprom became only the second Russia corporate to target the 10 year maturity in dollars since 2013 on Thursday, emerging with initial price thoughts for a new 144A/Reg S benchmark.