Western banks panic over Russian lending as Crimea votes

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Western banks panic over Russian lending as Crimea votes

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The Crimea crisis is engulfing the central and eastern European loans market as bankers weigh up whether to proceed with up to 20 facilities for a raft of Russian borrowers headed by petrochemical firm Sibur, writes Michael Turner.

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