http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ajcMzIoBfW6Y&pos=1
Won't bother Bearzilla one bit. The latest is this $18 billion Eurobond issue -- Russia has $429 billion in reserves, i.e. doesn't need the money, but it's part of the whole agenda of Eurasian economic integration:
http://www.russiatoday.ru/Business/2009-11-03/eurobond-issue-russia-return.html
-- DRR