Η Πράβδα ανοίγει την πόρτα σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο… “Η Ρωσία πρέπει να στηρίξει Ελλάδα και Κύπρο και θα το κάνει”.

10:45 20/11/2012 - Πηγή: Olympia

 Who will save Cyprus – Russia or EU?Cyprus may lose financial support from the EU due to “suspicious ties” with Russian oligarchs. According to information published inSpiegel magazine, the German Federal Intelligence Service suspects that the loan, which the EU and the IMF

may give the country, will only sweeten the life of Russian businessmen who keep their money in Cyprus.It was written in Monday’s issue of Spiegel magazine that “the report from the German Intelligence Service showed who would benefit most from the infusion of billions of euros of European taxpayers.” First and foremost, it will be “Russian oligarchs, businessmen and mobsters,” says the German publication. In addition, Spiegel criticized Cyprus for complicity in the “laundering of illegal money.”It was said that the German intelligence allegedly had information about 80 Russian businessmen who benefited from the loyal attitude of the Cypriot authorities and acquired local citizenship, which helped them to replenish their capitals illegally. The names of those tycoons and “mafia mobs” were not mentioned. However, German intelligence claims that there is a total of $26 billion on the accounts of Cypriot banks. This money belongs to Russian entrepreneurs and was supposedly obtained through dishonest transactions. According to German intelligence, this amount exceeds the GDP of Cyprus that makes up a bit more than 17 billion euros. There are 2,000 Russian firms officially registered in Nicosia, the capital of the republic.Germany said in this respect that it would think about giving the loan to Cyprus, but there will be a number of requirements that Cyprus will have to meet. The Social Democratic Party of the country under the chairmanship of Angela Merkel is going to discuss the business model of the Republic of Cyprus. As stressed by Carsten Schneider, an MP from the Social Democrats, “we can not protect the deposits of Russian mobsters using the money of German taxpayers.”“Russian oligarchs or not the most honest Russian business keep money not only in Cyprus but also in the banks of other countries, too, – German international journalist Alexander Rahr told Pravda.Ru. – But the situation is really emerging now so that Cyprus, following Greece, becomes the country with most serious financial problems.“If Cypriots seek money in the International Monetary Fund, then, as in the case of Greece, the IMF will demand they should conduct most transparent policy. They will have to expose all accounts, show how much they need, and how much they spend. There will be radical screening conducted of all their bank transactions. And Cypriots may indeed face problems in this regard, and the problems can be even bigger than those in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – the countries that also receive money from the IMF and the EU. Cyprus was considered a haven for offshore companies, primarily from Eastern Europe. There will be investigation conducted, of course. After all, if Cyprus banks actu