Russ Oil-Gas

MOSCOW, April 2, 2009 (Reuters by Dmitry Sergeyev) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) placed a 400 million Swiss franc eurobond with a 9 percent coupon, a banking source said on Thursday. Sources said earlier that Gazprom would sell at least 200 million Swiss francs worth of Eurobonds. Another banking source said the company was considering a second issue worth at least $500 million in the near future.