“Family Values” from the FSB Office in Cyprus”
With the arrival of a new ambassador in Cyprus, FSB general Murat Zyazikov, the Russian embassy has turned into the FSB office. Cypriots should not expect anything good from such a transformation, given the fact that the staff of such an office is 44 spy diplomats for more than 130 thousand of their compatriots living on the island. In such circumstances, “surprises” were to be expected from the office of the Chekists in Cyprus, which were not long in coming.
The Russians, having analyzed the socio-economic situation in the Cypriot society, decided to play the “anti-European card” on the island. Nothing new, they just replaced the “anti-vax” project they had previously implemented with the “family values” one.
On July 8, 2023, in Nicosia, the Russians held a march and a rally “in defense of traditional family values” with the participation of the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots of Cyprus (CCRC), with the support of the Active Citizens — United Hunters Movements.
For reference: CCRCwas created in 2007 by an employee of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (before the collapse of the USSR — the First Main Directorate(foreign intelligence) of the USSR KGB), Yuri Dmitrievich Pyanykh. Previously he was a diplomat in Cyprus, a member of the World Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad — VKSRS, President of the Association of Russian Businessmen in Cyprus, an expert of the Russian-Cypriot Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, a member of the Board of Directors of ITERA Oil and Gas Company.
Initially, CCRC office was located on the territory of the Russian embassy in Nicosia. Meetings of this organization were also held there. A few years ago, CCRC moved to the Vestnik Kipra
