Stanislav Osadchiy, Russia’s Ambassador to Cyprus, has said, in an interview with a local media outlet, that the Republic of Cyprus and other European countries have imposed sanctions on his country over its invasion of Ukraine. They have ‘shot themselves in the foot,’ greekcitytimes.com reports.
Osadchiy informs his interviewer that Russian tourists will not show up in Cyprus in the summer and that they will choose Turkey instead.
“If you ask me personally, (economic sanctions) do not worry us.
Unfortunately, I think Europeans are shooting themselves in the foot. Where will they find natural gas, oil, wheat, how will Cyprus get Russian tourists? Russian tourists will not come. Where will these tourists go?
They’ll go to Turkey, you want that?
They’ll spend money there. Summer is coming. You have shut down Cyprus’ airspace?
You have shot yourselves in the foot,”
Osadchiy explains, in fluent Greek, in a clip from the interview posted on Twitter by Yiota Hadjicosta, a journalist with Cyprus’ Politis newspaper.
“#Russian Ambassador to Cyprus openly threatened #Cyprus in an interview with a local media outlet. Unbelievable! #Ukraine #Russia,” Hadjicosta noted.
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