Romania: Cyprus seeks Russian rescue, EU threatens cut-off

March 20, 2013

Cyprus seeks Russian rescue, EU threatens cut-off
Mar 20, 2013

Cyprus seeks Russian rescue, EU threatens cut-off.
Cyprus’s three international lenders descended upon the presidential palace Wednesday for discussions on whether and how a financial lifeline for the crisis-hit nation could be secured, as the country’s finance minister pressed his case in Moscow in hopes of securing further aid from Russia, (...)
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