Mete Hatay, a demographer from Nicosia, estimated that there are about 20,000 Russians and Ukrainians there now.

Cyprus and its banks had no choice but to submit to Western sanctions against Russia, said Theodoros Gotsis, Deputy head of security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus.

@banksta

P.S. Or you could just not vote for sanctions that would harm Cyprus. It’s very simple for a sovereign state.