Bond pioneer who outsmarted Russian sanctions flops in China
Russia fails to become first sovereign issuer to sell yuan debt to onshore investors
Moscow
BEING first is never easy. Konstantin Vyshkovsky would know. As the head of the Russian Finance Ministry's debt department, he led the government's return to world markets in 2010 with the first bond offering since its default in 1998. Last year, with the country's biggest companies under sanctions, he outflanked western efforts to thwart a eurobond deal and pulled off Russia's first sale in three years.
Yet even Mr Vyshkovsky may be stymied after more than a year of efforts by Russia to become the first sove…
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