The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced the ban on entry into the country of citizens – officials of the Republic of Cyprus, connected with the suspension of accreditation and the expulsion of the correspondent of the newspaper of the Russian government from Cyprus last fall.<\/p>\n
An announcement from the Ministry's press service states that the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow, Kypros Giorgallis, was informed of the retaliatory measures due to the "unacceptable", as stated, actions of the Cypriot authorities in October 2023 against Alexander Gasiuk, correspondent of "Rossiskaya" Gazette" accredited in Nicosia, and of D. Doinikov, an official of the Russian embassy" in Cyprus, is mentioned in the short announcement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n
"Officials of the Republic of Cyprus who are directly involved in the provocation have been denied entry to the territory of our country, in accordance with Federal Law no. 114-FZ of August 15, 1996 on the procedure for leaving the Russian Federation and entering the Russian Federation," the Russian statement concluded.<\/p>\n
According to information from the KYPE, we are talking about three officials of the Ministry of the Interior of Cyprus, as described by a diplomatic source, without, however, releasing their names.<\/p>\n
In fact, according to the assessment of the same source, the current reaction of the Russian side after three and a half months, compared to similar incidents with other EU member countries, expresses Moscow's will to defuse with a predictable, appropriate response and not to escalate this crisis.<\/p>\n
On October 6 of last year, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a protest speech, denouncing in high tones "the unacceptable and provocative actions of the authorities" of Cyprus, arguing that "under the pretext of removing the Russian journalist's residence permit on the established charge of " threat to national security", the Cypriot secret services attempted to arrest him using brute force for his subsequent deportation.<\/p>\n
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The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a ban on entry into the country for officials of the Republic of Cyprus who are connected to the revocation of accreditation and deportation of a Russian government newspaper correspondent from Cyprus last fall. The ban is in response to "unacceptable" actions by Cypriot authorities in October 2023 against Alexander Gasiuk, the correspondent for "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" accredited in Nicosia, and D. Doinikov, a staff member of the Russian embassy in Cyprus. The ban is based on Federal Law No. 114-FZ of August 15, 1996, regarding the procedure for leaving the Russian Federation and entering the Russian Federation. The ban applies to three officials of the Ministry of Interior of Cyprus, according to diplomatic sources. The Russian reaction, after three and a half months, expresses Moscow's willingness to defuse the crisis with a planned and appropriate response, rather than escalate it. In October of last year, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had protested in strong terms against the "unacceptable and provocative actions of the Cypriot authorities," claiming that the Cypriot secret services had attempted to arrest the Russian journalist using brute force for subsequent deportation, under the pretext of revoking his residence permit on the grounds of "threatening national security."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[232,3,415,142,406],"class_list":["post-1999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-arrest","tag-cyprus","tag-government","tag-i-iyiiiiisi","tag-nicosia"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n