.+ the mediterranean nation is reportedly in final stages for the negotiations for a further $5 bilon loan, but that has a downside -- freighters carrying suspicious cargo had been seen leaving the harbor, some say carrying weapons to syria and other areas of armed conflict. although people are watching their words, the russian mafia is also rumored to have gained a foothold on the island. >> at some point in time, it will put pressure on everybody. some of the funds surely would be dirty money. >> critics say the government has grown too dependent on russia, but while cyprus seeks to deal with both moscow and brussels, the russians have become a permanent fixture. >> they go visit the same villages and feel like part of the country. the amount -- >> even if the economic crisis deepens, russians appear to be in cyprus to s. >> just hours before cyprus, spain also requested help from its european partners. for a long time, the government in madrid did not want to acknowledge that spain has problems it cannot solve all loan, but eventually, there was no way around it. -- it cannot solve alon