Quote Originally Posted by Antonio1986 View Post
Also:
1. Before the "haircut" of deposits in Cyprus the total number of deposits was 70 billions.

- До/Перед стрижки вкладов общая сумма вкладов была 70 миллиард(-ов/aми) евро.

До or Перед?
До sounds more proper to me
Quote Originally Posted by Antonio1986 View Post
Also what is the correct pronunciation До = do or da
it depends
I think it has something to do with stress
До стрижки вкладов -до is stressed here, so it should be pronounced as до
but in
Давай, до свиданья - до is unstressed (it's pronounced together with the next word, like that - досвиданья), so it could be pronounced as да