Operator Vimpelcom will buy the debt of Veon Holdings B.V. on Eurobonds from the holders by issuing substitute bonds, which will almost double the own debt load of the Russian company, the sources told Kommersant. Leader Management Company has applied for an injunction against the sale of Vimpelkom precisely because the Russian company refused to assume Veon's obligations under the Eurobonds. The court dismissed the demand to ban the deal, but the hearing on the claim of Veon's debts to Leader will continue.