{"id":16730,"date":"2012-09-20T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T08:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2012-09-20T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T08:55:37","slug":"russian-for-a-president-in-cyprus-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/20\/russian-for-a-president-in-cyprus-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian for a president in Cyprus, really?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyprus Mail<\/a> is a lot of fun today.<\/p>\n

CHIEF Returning Officer Demetris Demetriou yesterday confirmed that a Russian businessman had shown an interest in running for February\u2019s presidential elections.<\/p>\n

“Yes, an interest has been shown, but we can\u2019t release any details as the application for candidacy has not yet been made officially,” Demetriou told the Cyprus Mail.<\/p>\n

He said the businessman\u2019s lawyer contacted his department to enquire about how to apply. It was reported on Tuesday that the Russian in question had acquired Cypriot citizenship. Only Cypriot citizens over 35 years of age can stand in the presidential elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… because Russians are doing so well in Russia now, that they should be running for presidents all over the world. \u00a0WORLD DOMINATION<\/strong>!!! Mua-ha-ha-ha.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Cyprus Mail is a lot of fun today. CHIEF Returning Officer Demetris Demetriou yesterday confirmed that a Russian businessman had shown an interest in running for February\u2019s presidential elections. “Yes, an interest has been shown, but we can\u2019t release any details as the application for candidacy has not yet been made officially,” Demetriou told the … Continue reading Russian for a president in Cyprus, really?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[1090,2418,1361,2909],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-government","tag-humor","tag-presidential-elections","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21450,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/08\/cypriot-leaders-are-truly-hardcore\/","url_meta":{"origin":16730,"position":0},"title":"Cypriot leaders are truly hardcore","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Cyprus Mail reports: Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has invited president Nicos Anastasiades to attend the Deep Purple concert in the north together, as part of the confidence building measures. 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