Hands in handcuffs. Archival photoATHENS, Apr 16 A Russian citizen was arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, RIA Novosti was told at the Russian Embassy in Nicosia. embassy. The Fileleftheros newspaper wrote that the Russian was detained on suspicion of racism and xenophobia, as well as incitement to commit criminal offenses, he «hunted» for participants in actions in support of Russia. «In particular, the police during the check revealed that the user and the owner of the page on the social network, through his posts, incited hatred and xenophobia among citizens,» the message says. in Limassol the day before. He opposed the Russians in Cyprus,» the report says. The captures also revealed other messages in which the user was looking for specific people. On Friday, the Russian was arrested on an arrest warrant, he was taken to the police station, where during interrogation he made various statements that are being investigated. Then he was taken into custody, the newspaper writes. According to publications in social networks, the head of the «Our Cyprus» group in social networks, Igor Malo, was detained. Users of social networks write that they filed several statements against him to the police.
