Russia extends Cyprus loan by two years

  • Loan agreed out to 2018
  • Reduced interest rate to 2.5% from 4.5%

Cyprus has also met all conditions for the first tranche of EU bailout. €3bn will be paid this month. Full story.

A conspiracy theorist will have a field day with the details behind the Russian loan extension considering the amount of Russian money caught up in the bail-in.

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