KIEV, Feb. 6 – The Finance Ministry has selected a syndicate of investment banks consisting of JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, VTB Capital (the bank that helped Ukraine place its 2011 eurobonds), and Sberbank of Russia as lead-managers for the issue and placement of foreign loan bonds 2012.

"The Finance Ministry has attracted Sberbank of Russia into a syndicate of banks. Closed joint-stock company Troika Dialog Investment Company will represent the interests of Sberbank in the syndicate as an affiliated party," reads a report of the Finance Ministry issued on Monday.