Today the ship, which was sailing under a Cypriot flag, is docked in the Port of Limassol.

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At one bank in the Limassol district, a frustrated man parked his bulldozer outside and threatened to break in.

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That measure has attracted some 50, 000 Russians, mostly businessmen, to take up residence in the coastal cities of Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos.

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Last week, Cypriot officials arrested a Lebanese man, allegedly tied to Hezbollah, on suspicion he was preparing to attack Israeli tourists at the resort of Limassol.

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She arrived in Cyprus from Moscow 12 years ago and now runs a small business in the coastal city of Limassol - home to an estimated 40, 000 Russians.

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Speaking at a Russian business conference in the coastal resort of Limassol, President Anastasiades said the new measures would "mitigate to some extent the damage" Russian investors had endured.

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It's a view shared by Medea, who owns Fur-a-Porter - a shop selling fur coats, which stands rather incongruously beside the swaying palm trees of one of Limassol's main roads.

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The BBC's Ekaterina Drobinina spoke to one businessman who used to be based in Limassol, who said his friends and colleagues were immediately going to transfer their funds to Singapore or Dubai.

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Athina Kyriakidou, an MP for the center-left DIKO party, told us about a phone call she received from a constituent in Limassol not long after the first bailout deal, which included a tax on bank deposits, was proposed.

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