Palestinians have said any further settlement expansion could scuttle the negotiations, which resumed after intensive U.S. diplomacy.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said the loan would be financed from Russia’s budget and “other sources.”

The political conflict broadly pits a Bangkok-based middle class and elite against rural and working-class voters loyal to Thaksin.

Hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets in towns and cities across Egypt after the announcement.

The crisis erupted when dozens of people, including of the head of state-run Halkbank, were arrested on graft charges.