Cymart, you are one of the biggest racist that ever came to this forum my friend. I could have replied with a ton of nasty descriptions about the British as well, but I will not drop to your level.
The only thing I will tell you is that in Cyprus, the British have enslaved and exploited us for decades, they still maintain their troops on our island, and they are the best friends of Turkey which is occupying 1/3rd of our country with their help. On the other hand the Russians have never caused any harm to us, and on the contrary they have helped on many occasions.
So if you don't like Cyprus why don't you just piss off instead of trying to tell us what to do with our own country?
The money that was spent for the "NO" campaign was huge. Millions were poured in by businessmen alone who thought that they would lose out in the case of a solution.
The difference is that the "NO" campaign was funded by Greek Cypriots, the great majority* of which would lose out in case that the Annan partition plan was implemented, while the "yes" campaign was funded by the AngloAmericans and the Turks, who had a lot to gain if the AP passed.
*The only Greek Cypriots that maybe would gain something from AP would be those that had property in that 7% that was supposed to be returned, if they would sell it and move out of Cyprus quickly before everything collapsed.