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[kurupetos]

I wonder why the Russians have decided to move to TRNC in great numbers over the past couple of years - investing in homes, property and business!
A Russian investment bank will also be opening by the end of this month (according to a recent ad in the TRNC press)

At some point they won't need you, and they will unite with their Orthodox Christian brothers in the free areas. I guess the prophecy will be fulfilled.

[kimon07]

I wonder why the Russians have decided to move to TRNC in great numbers over the past couple of years - investing in homes, property and business!
A Russian investment bank will also be opening by the end of this month (according to a recent ad in the TRNC press)

At some point they won't need you, and they will unite with their Orthodox Christian brothers in the free areas........

That is precisely why they are massing in the North.

[Hyder]

I wonder why the Russians have decided to move to TRNC in great numbers over the past couple of years - investing in homes, property and business!
A Russian investment bank will also be opening by the end of this month (according to a recent ad in the TRNC press)

At some point they won't need you, and they will unite with their Orthodox Christian brothers in the free areas........

That is precisely why they are massing in the North.

Either that or they just like compliant puppets to let them launder money in peace (whichever side of the Green Line that might be) & couldn't give a monkey's about their orthodox brothers' finer feelings

[wyoming cowboy]

At last, CY has decided to play the “Russian card”. A clear message to the EU and the Troika that CY has alternative means to handle the present crisis of its economy than destructive measures similar to the ones imposed on Greece.

Russian President Putin Set for Cyprus Visit

Mon, 06/08/2012 - 15:46 — Sarah Fenwick

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Cyprus after President Demetris Christofias' invitation was accepted, according to a government statement. The dates of the visit have not been confirmed.
In a telephone call today, the two presidents discussed the 2.5 billion euro loan Cyprus took from Russia at the end of last year and Christofias thanked him for the money. They also discussed 'the terms of further economic cooperation between the two countries,' according to the statement.
Cyprus has asked for a further five billion euro loan from the Russian Federation, which has so far not been confirmed. The state is in a very difficult situation amid an economic recession and cash flow problems at two of the island's largest banks which lost billions of euros on their exposure to the stricken Greek market. The government is currently negotiating with the EU and IMF for a bailout through the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) and also applied for a loan from Russia.
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A lot has changed in the region since Medvedev's visit. Natural gas was discovered offshore by Noble Energy, which proceeded with undersea drilling in the face of Turkish threats. And Syria fell inexorably into civil war.
Russia has interests in both developments - Russian energy company Gazprom has a bid included in the government's second round of offshore rights licensing. And in Syria, Russia controls the port at Tartus, and is set on protecting its interests to the point that it has transferred warships to the region, one of them via Cyprus' Limassol Port.

http://www.cyprusnewsreport.com/?q=node/6009

The Russians dont really have the firepower or political clout, to affect anything in Cyprus' Turkish problem whatsoever. The only ones that do have both are the Americans. Playing the American card can not make things any worse then they are now, contrary to playing the Russian.

[Bananiot]