Russia and Cyprus signed an intergovernmental agreement on the provision of a state financial loan for Cyprus in December 2011. It stipulates that a single repayment of $2.754 billion be made on July 1, 2016. The loan's annual interest rate was calculated at 4.5 percent.
A protocol that included a reduction of the annual interest rate to 2.5 percent was signed in August 2013, after the Cyprus government asked for a restructuring of the debt over the deterioration of the financial situation in the country. The document also delayed the repayment of the debt until the period between 2018 and 2021.
The Bank of Russia and the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Invest in Russia agency and Cyprus' investment promotion agency also signed a memorandum of understanding.