Russian Cypriots

Russian Cypriots

Total population
18,000-40,000
Regions with significant populations
Limassol
Languages
Russian, Greek
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (Russian and Cypriot churches)

Russian minimarket in Limassol, Cyprus

There are approximately 18,000 Russian Cypriots living in Cyprus, according to government statistics, many of them in Limassol and are citizens of Cyprus. Some estimates put the number as high as 40,000 considering all residents of Russian background.

Russian Cypriots are a minority group on the island. However, almost all of them arrived to or were born in Cyprus following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, which occured after the writing of the Constitution of Cyprus, so they are not afforded the same constitutional privileges as other small minority groups like Armenian Cypriots, Maronite Cypriots and Roman Catholic Cypriots.

Notable people

Politicians:

• Alexey Voloboev

Foreign investors with Cypriot citizenship :

• Oleg Deripaska
• Konstantin Grigorishin
• Leonid Lebedev
• Nikita Mishin
• Alexander Ponomarenko

See also

• Cyprus–Russia relations
• Demographics of Cyprus

External links

• Northern Cyprus forms Russian business lobby