In today’s episode, United States sanctions imposed on entities and individuals on Cyprus are not targeting the country but oligarchs and arms traders who enable Russia to continued to waging its war in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the supreme constitutional court rejected an appeal filed by a Syrian businessman against the revocation of his Cypriot citizenship after his name appeared on a European Union list of financiers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

All this and more in the Cyprus Beat briefing brought to you by the Cyprus Mail.