Borrowers of Russian companies raised 743 billion rubles in the domestic debt market in October, which is 29% lower than in September, but 18% higher than last year, according to Cbonds data. The decrease in issuer activity is due to the effect of the previous month's high base and the central bank's tight monetary policy. Against this background, more than half of the volume of allocations, or over 400 billion rubles, were bonds with a variable interest rate.