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Cyprus is seeking an international rescue for its ailing economy and banks which have been criticized
- particularly in Germany -- for failing to halt money laundering by Russian clients. Eurozone finance ministers this week said a private firm would be dispatched to assess Cypriot banks.
But a spokesman for presidential election front-runner Nicos Anastasiades says the audit must be handled by a European or international body, not a private company. Thursday's statement by Tassos Mitsopoulos comes a day after the outgoing government also ruled out an audit by a private firm.
Cypriot authorities claim an audit by a private company would go against Cypriot and European law. | 
