GreekIslandGirl wrote:supporttheunderdog wrote:British expat invasion of Cyprus also has sinister overtones:
How is that any different, stud?
Thank you for wilfully trying to put words into my mouth, and in the process missing the point I was seeking to make, which was about the possible duplicitous nature of the all3ged non aligned policies of Big Mak, which were(or se e are now told) seemingly a strategic alliance with the Soviet Union. The reason the Russios support Cyprus was spelt out in the article - nothing altruistic in it. It is because it is in Russia' interest to keep both Greece and Turkey out of Cyprus so they can continue to do business (e.g launder money) and with a government in Thrall to Russia, bought by a Russian loan, but beyond that I doubt that Putin or hos poodel Medvedev has any interest in solving the Cyprus problem by kicking the Turks out of the occupied zone.
Russian invlovement in the 60's and 70' was probably more to stoke the flames of distrust within NATO between those NATO allies, Greece and Turkey,for their own stratigic ends, in which I suspect big Mak was a patsy.
However I suspect you will find there are susbstantially fewer British controlled Cypriot brass plate companies used a a route for dodgy money, which was the other aspect of the article you overlook. The majority of Brits investing in Cyprus are retirees putting money into the pockets of local shopkeepers, etc, etc 52 weeks a year.
FYI I have no problem at all with most Russians - indeed I tend to socialise at present with more Russians than I do Brits - lovely people they are too, indded as the article says many are here because of what is wrong in Russia, where everything can be bought for a price. The petty beaurocratic inconeveniences and the occasional petty corruptions in Cyprus pales into insignifficance in comparison to those in Russia. That is country that today really is run by the Money men for their won benefit, of whom Putin is said to be one of the Richest, according to some reports worth personally as much as 40 billion dollars, which he cannot have come by honestly on the basis of his official earnings.
However if the Cypriot GoOvernment is prepared to crawl into bed with corrupt and dirty regimes like Russia, and to help evil regimes like Syria, etc, Cyprus can expect at some point to be right Royally f*cked.
