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Fidias Panayiotou — Moscow’s «mole» in the European Parliament
On May 9, 2025, a day sacred to Putin’s propaganda, a group of five members of the European Parliament arrived in Moscow. The group included: Ruth Firmenich and Michael von der Schulenburg from Germany, members of the left-wing party «Sandra Wagenknecht’s Alliance.» Ľuboš Blaha from Slovakia, a member of the ruling Smer party. Ondřej Dostál, an independent MP from the Czech Republic. Fidias Panayiotou, an independent member of the Republic of Cyprus. The Russian media covered


Operation Zorro: Russian special services begin destabilizing Cyprus ahead of elections
Operation Zorro: Russian special services begin destabilizing Cyprus ahead of elections A covert phase of the parliamentary election campaign has begun in Cyprus—not through political programs and debates, but through Russian-language propaganda and street leaflets. On October 2, 2025, the pro-Kremlin website Cyprus Butterfly published a manifesto calling for an «uprising» against the Cypriot authorities. Leaflets with the same content were distributed in Nicosia the day befo


The FSB’s oasis in the European Union
Russian embassies in most countries around the world differ from diplomatic missions of other countries in their inexplicably bloated...


Pontious Greeks are expendable material for Russian secret services
In late April, European media reported that a 59-year-old Georgian native with Greek citizenship was arrested in the Greek city of...


Cyprus spy scandal
Dmitry Khmelnitsky Boris Demash On October fifth, 2023, a diplomatic scandal broke out in Cyprus. Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondent...


"Russian House" in Nicosia: an incubator of Russian spies in Cyprus
For Soviet and Russian security services, recruitment of foreign nationals was the most important method of work. This practice, which...


A new political party "Elpis" has been established in Cyprus
A new political party "Elpis" has been established in Cyprus. The party sees one of its main tasks in the active development of ties with...


Russian spymaster ‘planned to take over secret service of British ally’
Jan Marsalek’s alleged plot to control Austria’s intelligence agency could have given Putin direct access to sensitive Western...


Hungary, Russia and the Druzhba oil pipeline: Who is really to blame?
The recent statement by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto about the attack on the infrastructure of the Druzhba oil pipeline...
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