Evaluating and Constructing the ‘Friend’ in Crisis. Mediated Depictions of Russia in the Newspapers of Cyprus
Journal: Journal of Law and Administration
Year: 2020

The main purpose of the present study is to explore and evaluate the diachronic relations between Russia and Cyprus, noting their historical context and to examine the perceived image1 of Russia in the Cypriot press, during the crucial period of Eurogroup’s decisions of March 2013. In 1878 the UK rented Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire in exchange of a British promise to help Turkey against Russia. In 1914, the UK annexed the island and Cyprus became a British Colony because the Ottoman Empire ent