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Moscow. July 27 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) has fully placed 40 billion rubles worth of seventeenth through nineteenth-series bonds, the company said in a statement.

The first coupon rate on the seventeenth-series issue is 14.05%, on the eighteenth-series issue - 14.25% and on the nineteenth-series issue - 13.5%.

Yield on the second through eighth coupons of the seventeenth and eighteenth-series issues are tied to the Central Bank's seven-day repo rate. The size of coupon yield will be calculated as the repo rate plus a 4.05% and 4.25% margin for the two series, respectively.

Yield on the second through fourth coupons of the nineteenth-series issue are equal to that of the first coupon.

The seventeenth and eighteenth-series issues are for 15 billion rubles, while the nineteenth is for 10 billion rubles. The bonds will circulate for nine years, ten years and fifteen years, respectively.

The placement is being arranged by VTB Capital, Gazprombank, Sberbank, TransCreditBank and Troika Dialog.

The Federal Financial Markets Service registered thirteenth through nineteenth-series bond issues at the end of January. The company already placed the thirteenth through sixteenth-series bonds.

The company will use the funds to finance activities.