Russneft has priced a share at 550 roubles ($8.52) during the placement, offering 20 percent of its ordinary shares or 15 percent of the share capital owned by the Gutseriyev's family.

The family has raised 32.4 billion roubles in the deal, which put Russneft market capitalisation at 161.8 billion roubles, the company said on Friday.

($1 = 64.5215 roubles)

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova and Vladimir Soldatkin)