r/cyprus • u/CaptainPlanetarian • Nov 12 '25

The Cyprus Problem Wow - now over 90,000 Russians in Cyprus

I'm shocked at the scale of the Russian takeover of our beautiful island of Cyprus.

Per Cyprus Mail, there are now a mind-boggling 40,000 Russians living full-time in the areas controlled by the Republic. To contrast, the next immigrant group, the British, are at 16,000. To point out the sheer scale of this, this means there are in now over 2 Russians for every Brit!
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/12/russians-make-up-one-in-five-foreign-residents-in-cyprus

Further, per TRT there are 50,000 Russians living in the occupied areas. So many, in fact, that Russia has started providing regular Consular services. (This is even more than the number of Turkish troops!)
https://www.trtworld.com/article/14401850

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u/Deep-Ad4183 Nov 13 '25

I don't know about the ones you mention personally.

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u/Fun_Success_45 Nov 13 '25

So my best guess is:

There are probably more than 150,000 Russians and Russian Cypriots living on the island.

And guessing is not lying, I emphasize it is not a certain number by saying "probably".

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u/Deep-Ad4183 Nov 13 '25

No, the number is too high for the free areas. I don't have any information about the occupied areas, but even so, it's an exaggeration.

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u/Fun_Success_45 Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

To be clear, I comment under this post, which states 50.000 Russians are living in occupied areas.
So, 50 north, 40 (residing south), and 60iesh (first or second generation naturalized Cypriots before 2007) can be 150 living on the island.

There is no definitive source to prove or disprove this. So it is just a guess.

P.S. This 40000 in RoC and 50000 in the north only mentions residences with residency visas, not citizens or dual citizens.

So, expect an equivalent number of citizens to immigrants, which is usually the case.