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Russia and Cyprus sign €2.5-billion loan

Cyprus and the Russian Federation have signed a bilateral loan agreement worth €2.5 billion, with the first installment due before the end of the year. The €2.5 billion loan agreement, valid for 4.5 years, with a nominal annual yield of 4.5 per cent was signed by Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias and Russian Deputy Finance Minister [...]

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International Lawyers’ Opinion Rejects Turkey’s Argument over Duty to Exhaust Local Remedies

In an Opinion commissioned by the Republic of Cyprus and signed by Professors Amerasinghe, Dugard, Pellet, Schabas, Tomuschat and Sir Ian Brownlie,  the international jurists have concurred that the well-established rule of customary international law that in case of injury to an alien, local remedies must be exhausted before international proceedings may be instituted, is not applicable [...]

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Cyprus removed from Russia’s ‘blacklist’

The Russian Federation and the Republic of Cyprus have signed a new double taxation protocol which secures Cyprus’  removal from the ‘blacklist’ of jurisdictions which have not demonstrated a sufficient level of cooperation with the Russian tax authorities. The existing tax treaty between Russia and Cyprus has been one of the major reasons for the huge [...]

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