OREANDA-NEWS. November 7, 2008. The BoD of the Bank of Russia has adopted a decision to place in December 2008 a RUB 100 bn issue of series eight zero-coupon short-term bonds of the Bank of Russia with maturity on June 15, 2009, CBR’s PR Department said. The dates and terms of auctions to float series 04008-8 zero-coupon short-term bonds of the Bank of Russia are to be announced at a later time.