https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-holds-drills-in-belarus-as-west-warns-of-dangerous-moment
Britain said on Thursday the West could face the "most dangerous moment" in its standoff with Moscow in the next few days, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following its troop buildup near Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kamila-valieva-russian-star-at-center-of-doping-controversy-reports-say
The International Olympic Committee has refused to comment on whether the athlete at the center of a doping controversy at Beijing 2022 is the 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, despite the teenager being named in multiple reports around the world....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/french-jets-fly-over-cyprus-after-macron-putin-chat
French fighter jets taking off Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean are flying over Cyprus this week in a demonstration of NATO power, with Russian ships also in the area just days after Putin and Macron met to discuss Ukraine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deputy-minister-of-tourism-upbeat-over-tourist-flows-from-russia-in-2022
Cyprus Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said he received optimistic messages over this year’s tourist flows from Russia, the island’s second-largest tourist market....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cnn-russian-forces-are-moving-closer-to-the-ukrainian-border
According to satellite imagery available to CNN, a large Russian military base set up near the border with Ukraine, carrying tanks and artillery, is now almost empty and the forces there have moved even closer to the Ukrainian border....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/u-s-to-send-troops-to-east-europe-to-counter-russia
U.S. President Joe Biden has approved sending additional forces to eastern Europe, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-has-no-plans-to-invade-ukraine
Moscow has no plans to invade Ukraine, said Stanislav Osadchiy, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Cyprus, adding that Russian troops are on Russian territory and “pose no threat.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-crisis-biden-warns-russia-may-invade-next-month
US President Joe Biden has warned there is a "distinct possibility" Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-britain-us-withdraw-diplomats-and-their-families
The United Kingdom has begun withdrawing some staff from its embassy in the Ukrainian capital amid fears of an imminent Russian military invasion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-and-russia-try-to-lower-temperature-in-ukraine-crisis
The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature Friday even as they said no breakthrough was imminent in a heated standoff over Ukraine that has raised fears of a possible Russian invasion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/blinken-urges-unity-to-fight-‘relentless-russian-aggression-during-his-visit-to-kyiv
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged western nations Wednesday to remain united in the face of what he called “relentless” Russian aggression against Ukraine and reassured Ukraine’s leader of their support....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/be-afraid-ukraine-hit-by-cyberattack-while-russia-deploys-more-troops-at-border
Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to "be afraid and expect the worst", while Russia, which has amassed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbor's frontier, released TV pictures on Friday of more forces deploying in a drill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-arrested-as-murder-mastermind-may-be-victim-of-mistaken-identity
The man arrested at Thessaloniki international airport on Tuesday on suspicion of being the mastermind in the murder of Russian hitman Alexander Solonik and his girlfriend in Athens in 1997 may be a case of mistaken identity, it was reported on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-brain-behind-1997-murder-of-russian-gangster-arrested
The man Greek authorities believe is the brain behind the murder of infamous Russian hitman Alexander Solonik and his girlfriend in southern Athens in 1997 was arrested at Thessaloniki’s international airport on Monday afternoon....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kazakh-president-gives-shoot-to-kill-order-to-quell-protests
Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of Kazakhstan's main city on Friday after days of violence, and the Russian-backed president said he had ordered his troops to shoot to kill to put down a countrywide uprising....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/the-nikulin-moscow-circus-ice-show-comes-to-cyprus-for-the-first-time
After tours in the USA, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, France, Russia, Poland, Belgium, China, Canada, Japan, and many others, Nikulin Moscow Circus presents the Grand Ice Show for adults and kids for the first time in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/omicron-mutation-a-quiet-new-year-for-dozens-of-cities
As the whole world prepares to say goodbye to 2021, a year marked by the pandemic and coronavirus mutations, we are once again canceling massive festive New Year events....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-supreme-court-orders-closure-of-prominent-human-rights-group-memorial
Russia's Supreme Court yesterday ordered the country's most prominent human rights group to be liquidated. The court ruled that the group Memorial must be closed for breaking the law on foreign agents....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/consulco-opens-its-limassol-office
Consulco the investment manager with offices in London, Dubai, Moscow and Nicosia established its newest office in Limassol. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-airways-flights-to-athens-london-and-tel-aviv
Cyprus Airways launches flights to Greece, United Kingdom, Russia, Lebanon and Israel according to its newly published flight schedule....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/get-vaccinated-and-you-may-win-a-flat
Officials in Moscow are making COVID vaccines more enticing. In an effort to speed up vaccination rates, authorities set up a housing lottery for those over 18 and already vaccinated....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-against-recognition-of-turkish-occupied-northern-cyprus
Russia dismissed Turkish media reports on Thursday that Moscow and Ankara are engaged in bargaining for the mutual recognition of Crimea as Russian territory and the Turkish-occupied territories in northern Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-asks-us-to-buy-40-f-16-jets-to-upgrade-air-force-sources-say
Turkey has made a request to the US to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/record-breaking-890-deaths-in-the-past-24-hours-in-russia
Russia announced a record 890 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/murder-suicide-in-rhodes
A 40-year old man who killed a 32-year-old woman in Rhodes was found dead in his home after committing suicide with the same weapon he used to kill the her....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-wants-un-guarantees-for-cyprus
Russian President Vladimir Putin says breaches of UN resolutions on Cyprus are 'inadmissible' in a letter response to his Cypriot counterpart, adding that Moscow backs a federation-based settlement and calls for all permanent members of the Security Council to take on guarantees for the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hms-queen-elizabeth-stops-in-cyprus
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in the port of Limassol on Wednesday, a week after a maritime incident with Russia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-fares-well-in-intense-eu-council
Nicosia has welcomed a European Council statement that included conclusions on Turkey, after the EU27 leaders held long and protracted consultations that got testy at times especially during Russia talk...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-and-putin-take-center-stage
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin decided at a 'pragmatic' first summit on Wednesday to hold arms control and cyber-security talks and return their respective ambassadors, while agreeing to differ on other issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tries-to-find-footing-in-tourism-uncertainty
Tourism deputy minister Savvas Perdios remained optimistic after a trip to Moscow, saying he hoped Russia would allow the resumption of chartered flights to destinations including Cyprus in a matter of weeks, but he also reiterated his position that all the efforts in Nicosia still depended largely on decisions in other capitals...
