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Urpilainen: Finland's share of Cyprus bailout under €200 million

Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen says that Finland's share of the 10 billion euro bailout package approved on Saturday is less than 2%.

Jutta Urpilainen
Jutta Urpilainen Image: Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva

Cyprus will receive the loan through the International Monetary Fund and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), both of which Finland is a member.

According to Urpilainen, the package shifts sufficient responsibility to those behind the country's economic crisis.

"In practice, bank shareholders will suffer losses, while junior investors and deposits will be trimmed by a tax-like levy," the Finance Minister pointed out.

Urpilainen noted that with banks closed this weekend a flood of funds out of the country to escape the levy is not possible. Almost half of deposits in Cypriot banks are believed to belong to non-resident Russians.

Sources: Yle, Reuters