Russian activity in Cyprus after the Cold War

Abstract

The island of Cyprus had Attracted for with interest the great powers, especially in the nineteenth and twentieth, Ce, making it an arena for conflict influence the regional and international levels. It was natural to move Russian policy during the Tsarist and Soviet period, and then the current period (Federal Russia) towards this area geostrategic view of the proximity of the border, regional Russian, but the Western influence in the island form an obstacle to the penetration of Russian influence, was on the Russians to find suitable alternative for access to the island, and they have been through the master of its own Orthodox Church of Cyprus which is the Russian Orthodox Church religious authority, as well as economic penetration in the affairs of the island in hopes of what can be to balance Western influence.

Keywords

• russian activity in cyprus
• cyprus after cold war
• russia and cyprus