The deposit numbers also tell an intriguing story. Households have about €30bn deposited with Cypriot banks and non-financial companies another €17bn, according to the European Central Bank. Of that, about €27bn is foreign – including €2bn from Britain, €4.7bn from Greece, and an estimated €18bn from Russia. In other words, the deposit tax is an international bail-out in another guise – with very particular and wealthy partners.