published Apr 15, 2018, 4:00:01 PM, by Evgenia Pismennaya and Ksenia Galouchko (Bloomberg) — The popularity of Russian bonds among foreign investors might seem to make them vulnerable if U.S. sanctions force a mass exodus. For the besieged nation’s debt chief, it’s Russia’s best insurance against any future penalties. “Perhaps

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