It is important to understand that the governing party and Anastasiades in particular, never changed their mind to find another viable solution. All they wanted, was to implement what they were told with slight variations that could pass in a next parliament vote. They insisted that no other viable plan existed, when there were multiple options available that were not even exercised because the EU disagreed.
The Russians have helped Cyprus in the past with a loan of 2.5bn, and they would help again if the Cypriot government was not so determined to sabotage this aid. They said "we can't take a loan from you, the EU won't let us". Ok, then how are the Russians going to help without loaning money? The Cypriots proposed a plan to receive cash and give back "promises", while the Russians wanted to give cash and take tangible assets. Needless to say the Russians rejected the "promises" - knowing full well that they will never manifest as a result of the government which is a puppet of the west. Cyprus rejected the tangible asset deal, insisting on a cash-for-promises scheme.
Under the circumstances, it was natural that the Russians were effectively blocked to offer any assistance, except in ridiculous terms offered by the Cypriot government which desired for the talks to collapse. The collapsing of the talks with the Russians was an essential part of the government strategy to say "oooohhh, now we don't have a plan B, we must go back to plan A since we are alone and no-one is helping us".
The propaganda of the Greek media was amazing: Very quick they started saying "oh, the Russians were never serious with helping the Cypriots", "there are no saviors" etc. They also used the event to further the point of the 2010 treason in Greece, when Papandreou did the same: He closed all doors so that the country could be led to the EU+IMF door. The propaganda argument was like "now people can see that there are no Russian saviors like they claimed back in 2010". Yet we know that Papandreou could take a 25bn loan from Russia back in 2010, due to the interview of Savvidis, member of Russian Douma who had planned for this eventuality when Papandreou was visiting Moscow for discussions (and Papandreou never asked for financial assistance).
Once again, the media wants to portray that the destructive "saviorship" package by the EU, is "the only way" and that there are NO viable alternatives. Just like in Greece, when the central banker issued a report saying that a national-currency solution would be a nightmare scenario, the same exact thing happened in Cyprus the other day, with the central banker threatening the population about this solution and urging the government to accept the eurogroup deal which will make the country a neo-colonial state, just like Greece.
The tactics are pretty much the same, as it seems.
- 1) Present a blackmail "either this, or that"
- 2) Hide any viable alternatives
- 3) When people realize there are viable alternatives, make whatever effort is possible to dispute the viability of the other options.
- 4) Ignore the non-viability of the "main" option which is more destructive than the problem it is supposed to solve
- 5) Implement the neo-colonial agreement under a pretext of "there was no other choice".
We are now seeing a variation of the Eurogroup deal that is more or less the same, plus a few extra measures like capital control that would render bank deposits a virtual money scheme where depositors can't actually withdraw their money. That's because these money don't really exist in the banks: The banks have used all the deposited money and loaned it out, undermining the economy of the island.
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