Banks worry over Belarus bond pitch

Francesca Young

January 15, 2015 06:15 pm

Alexander Lukashenko — Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko take part in the Eurasian Economic Union summit in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations on Tuesday completed the creation of a new economic alliance intended to bolster their integration, but the ambitious grouping immediately showed signs of fracture as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sharply criticized Russia for restricting bilateral trade. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) | Alexei Druzhinin/AP/Press Association Images

Banks have two weeks to decide whether to pitch for a $1bn bond for Belarus, having spurned the eastern European country’s last attempt to access investors in 2012, writes Francesca Young.

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