Fresh European Union and U.S. sanctions and the threat of Russian retaliation are impeding the Finance Ministry’s plan to sell more ruble bonds by the end of 2014 than it did in the first eight months of the year.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on July 29, 2014.