NICOSIA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Cyprus extended a bank lockdown to next week and considered nationalising pension funds on Wednesday, scrambling to avert a financial meltdown after rejecting the terms of a bailout from the European Union and turning to Russia for a lifeline.
With crisis talks dragging into the night, the ruling party, Democratic Rally, warned time was running out:
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