Cyprus probes how its citizens got on Russia-linked sanctions list


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  • Friday, 14 Apr 2023

FILE PHOTO-Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides talks with former President Nicos Anastasiades during an official transfer of power ceremony in Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is investigating how a number of its nationals ended up on U.S. and British sanctions lists for allegedly cooperating with sanctioned Russians, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Cypriot-based entities and individuals were named on British and American sanctions lists on Wednesday as facilitating business transactions of persons already under sanctions.

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