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27 Ιανουαρίου 2012
Guardian: Russian expat invasion of Cyprus also has sinister overtones
Luke Harding in Limassol
Many Russians have made their home on the holiday island, but the Putin regime seems to be reaching deep into the tiny nation
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| Tourists pass by a menu written in Russian outside a restaurant in Limassol, where thousands of Russians have made their home. Photograph: Laura Boushnak/AFP/Getty Images |
A mysterious Russian cargo ship limped into the Cypriot port of Limassol, this month, forced to seek shelter from a violent storm.
Hidden on board the MS Chariot were four containers packed with 60 tonnes of ammunition for AK-47s and for rocket launchers. The shipment had come from Moscow’s state arms company, Rosoboronexport; its shadowy purchaser was none other than the Syrian government.
Cyprus, an EU member since 2004, was supposed to seize the cargo. The weapons flagrantly breached the EU’s strict embargo on military supplies to the Syrian regime, which since last year has been violently engaged in shooting and killing its own citizens and anti-regime protesters.
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