Cyprus Expects US to Impose Sanctions on More Cypriot Enablers

Cyprus sees the US imposing sanctions on more individuals and entities in the Eastern Mediterranean country who are believed to have helped Russians to avoid financial penalties linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or so-called enablers.

“In the coming days, even tomorrow we expect that the US will place more Cypriot individuals and entities under Russian sanctions” Cypriot Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letympiotis told Bloomberg News in a statement.

A US Treasury Department spokesperson declined to comment.

The US and the UK imposed sanctions in April on key advisers to Russian billionaires Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, accusing them of having …